[Snorlax94]

Apropos this thread:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/07...19?cid=apn

An increasing number of conservatives are convinced the medical community and the media are inflating the coronavirus death toll for political purposes, despite nearly all evidence indicating that, if anything, the figure is an undercount.

of course, motivated reasoning affects both sides...

The result is that, like many things during Trump’s presidency, the death toll has become politicized. A recent Axios-Ipsos poll found 40 percent of Republicans said the death toll was overreported, while 65 percent of Democrats said it was underreported. The poll noted that people who watched Fox News were more likely to believe the death toll was overreported. 

BC

Is it really motivated reasoning for a democrat to think the number is underreported? All evidence I've seen so far points to the death count being too low.

I am waiting to see how FoxNews reports on the first COVID19 case in the West Wing.   
Given that the West Wing was loaded with people without face masks or social distancing for weeks I can't help but wonder how many more will have COVID19 now that at least one employee tested positive for the virus.

Fake news, alternative facts, lamestream media, hoax are all ways to deflect inconvenient truths, but the virus doesn't care about any of those things.   Just bounce around from host to host.  The closer they are the easier it will be to bounce to the next host.

I wouldn't want anyone to get COVID19, but it would be a helpful national wake-up call if those most inclined to dismiss the virus suddenly are sporting masks.   It will be a lot harder for most to claim COVID19 is little more than a typical seasonal flu if even the White House staff is running around in face masks in May and June.

It is particularly concerning because taking car rides (especially without masks) is, unsurprisingly, a known method of transmission.

You’re very close to other people in a car and there is so little ventilation, and air could easily flow from the driver back to the passenger.

It’s also scary go think that we cannot stop exposure even with the highest standards of testing, healthcare, etc. I also worry how widespread Covid is among the armed forces given the tight living spaces and shared eating and training facilities.

How many days after exposure until a negative test result gives a definitive all-clear?

[Snorlax94]

Apropos this thread:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/07...19?cid=apn

An increasing number of conservatives are convinced the medical community and the media are inflating the coronavirus death toll for political purposes, despite nearly all evidence indicating that, if anything, the figure is an undercount.

of course, motivated reasoning affects both sides...

The result is that, like many things during Trump’s presidency, the death toll has become politicized. A recent Axios-Ipsos poll found 40 percent of Republicans said the death toll was overreported, while 65 percent of Democrats said it was underreported. The poll noted that people who watched Fox News were more likely to believe the death toll was overreported. 

BC

Is it really motivated reasoning for a democrat to think the number is underreported? All evidence I've seen so far points to the death count being too low.

I am waiting to see how FoxNews reports on the first COVID19 case in the West Wing.   
Given that the West Wing was loaded with people without face masks or social distancing for weeks I can't help but wonder how many more will have COVID19 now that at least one employee tested positive for the virus.

Fake news, alternative facts, lamestream media, hoax are all ways to deflect inconvenient truths, but the virus doesn't care about any of those things.   Just bounce around from host to host.  The closer they are the easier it will be to bounce to the next host.

I wouldn't want anyone to get COVID19, but it would be a helpful national wake-up call if those most inclined to dismiss the virus suddenly are sporting masks.   It will be a lot harder for most to claim COVID19 is little more than a typical seasonal flu if even the White House staff is running around in face masks in May and June.

It is particularly concerning because taking car rides (especially without masks) is, unsurprisingly, a known method of transmission.

You’re very close to other people in a car and there is so little ventilation, and air could easily flow from the driver back to the passenger.

It’s also scary go think that we cannot stop exposure even with the highest standards of testing, healthcare, etc. I also worry how widespread Covid is among the armed forces given the tight living spaces and shared eating and training facilities.

How many days after exposure until a negative test result gives a definitive all-clear?