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Originally Posted by Xiz
Hey pro tip
If you are getting your information anywhere besides the CDC you are wrong, and spreading misinformation.
This is coming from someone who is recovering from corona.
Please stop spreading youtube reviews or NYT/Fox/CNN articles for information unless In the article it’s literally coming directly from the CDC. Please.
I literally work in Hollywood and the media and words and videos are twisted so easily in pretty much all cases here. You pick up on this when working here. Please just stop.
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I do hope your recovery is a simple one and you don't struggle as badly as others are.
I agree that it's worth not trusting mainstream media, but I'll go one step further: even if articles are utilizing CDC/WHO as their source, those sources themselves should be checked to ensure that the data is being extrapolated properly - as they will cherry-pick any sort of information for the purpose of sensationalizing. It's best to go right to the source of the information being provided.
However, I very strongly disagree with not trusting any source outside of the CDC. Unbiased aggregators of data are also worthy of following so long as all of the data comprised within the aggregator can be verified and validated. The flow of data coming in from across the world is simply too fast to be kept up with by these government agencies. As an example, the CDC refers to utilizing WHO's data, and the two most recent situation reports from WHO indicate no change whatsoever in cases and deaths in the United States.
I'm fairly certain you can agree that's demonstrably false, and it takes mere seconds to find local reports from areas that have had substantial spikes in cases/deaths (i.e. New York... +5,400 cases today shown through multiple local NY papers/sources... ) to showcase that even data coming from "the source" isn't always being reflected as necessary.
Both sides need to keep an open mind here. Data should be validated, but it needs to require common sense and legitimate judgment. By all means, yes -- stop looking at CNN, NYT, Fox, WaPo, (insert partisan-flavored media outlet here), and do your best to go not only to the sources of all of the information, but also all of the local sources who have their own government and reporting systems as well.