I’ll say this without knowing much if really anything on how this has been founded and is being spoken about in the media.
since the inception of this fucking disaster, one of the largest issues that I have observed that has caused some of our largest issues is how information is received, digested and then pushed out.
That’s not to takeaway from the blatdng misinformation and fear that is being spread. That is 110% being done and I have witnessed this fist hand by some of the decision makers. That’s a whole other story though that ive touched on before.
where I am going with this is we have a lot of information being produced and those who are pushing it out sometimes may not completely understand it…. Or even if they do, they don’t know how to explain it well. So pieces of things are picked up, simplified and pushed out.
this leads to mass confusion and conflicting information because the whole story is not being explained effectively.
not that I know this at all…. But perhaps an example of that is laid out above by what
@ironwill had said about the mouthwash statement and then by the clarification in point that
@superbeast had stated.
I’m hoping I’m explaining this properly so folks can see my point here….
so a politician or his people come across some very detailed information. They summarize it and push it out to the media…. But it loses some important pieces along the way…. The the media picks it up and then presents it in a way to make a story. Usually the information is cut again and shortened to be presented. This may be for a few reasons but primarily because it needs to be attention grabbing, short in nature because people lose interest quickly and lastly perhaps to support the position that is trying to be put out.
this could be how a very detailed bit of information about how fairly common hygiene practices could lower viral load significantly and thus reduce clinical infections to senator claims drinking mouthwash is a cure for covid.
Broken telephone game 101.
sometimes intentionally to push narrative and position……sometimes unintentionally because those involved cradle to grave in the presentation of information aren’t explaining it properly or key information is being lost.
I can’t confirm this in this case….. but I can confirm that this happens so much that it is absolutely sickening and it really affects me in a negative way.
just a thought from a dumb newfie…. But one that is also paying attention and deals with this kind of stuff every damn day.