COVID-19: Media Outrages


In this pandemic, the use of, and access to social media has been both a blessing and a curse. The novelty of the virus, panic of re-infection, slow pace of scientific discovery and controlled messages from the CDC’s of different countries has led to people turning to every/any information they can get on the virus from social media.

Consequently, we are facing an unprecedented crisis of public understanding on the subject matter and the reliance on information from social media is at the heart this. This led to a surge of misinformation during the outbreak due to rumors, conspiracy theories, politics and other exaggerated medical claims.

The major media outrages on the pandemic focused on the following:
  • Anti-vaccinations;
  • Conspiracy theories;
  • Government coverage;
  • Death-tollisms;
  • Social media censorship;
  • Social media regulations;
  • Predictions of the pandemic’s aftermath;
  • Economic recession forecasts; and
  • The pace of technology and forced innovations in all sectors of the economy
In the same vein, due to the increasing death tolls, there has been public outrage on accurate information. This led to increased demands for government addresses, CDC updates and global communications from the WHO.

For accurate information, I advise we check the following accurate and verified sources:
STAY SAFE and INFORMED!

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