Meet Me at Covid Corner

      It is unfortunate pandemic came at a time when everything that happens in our country, including dandruff, is considered a crisis. I posted about this phenomena long before Corona morphed from a beer into a virus. The true crisis is that there is too much media. When I was a child there were three TV channels, the news came on three times a day, and TV programming took the night off. Now we have multiple news channels on 24/7 and frankly, there is only about 20 minutes worth of news to report per day. So to fill the rest of the time they must manufacture news. Big news! Even big weather! Last year's unseasonably early snowstorm was declared HISTORIC! A snow storm in Montana, who knew? A recent storm surge on the east coast hyped by the Weather Channel as UNSURVIVABLE, was disappointingly remiss in killing people.

     So dropping Covid 19 into the crisis cauldron continually cooking in our country, was like wearing a Trump mask to a BLM rally. Actually, you don't have to do anything to ignite a BLM get together, where BYOB means bring your own bricks. Covid 19 is not all bad news though, it gave the media outlets something to talk about besides Russia collusion. And the reporters took seriously their responsibility to calm the public, by talking about Corona virus non-stop round the clock. Even when predictions of infection rate and deaths were off by 90 percent, it did not diminish their enthusiasm for KEEPING US CALM! Instead, they segued to speculation about shortages, unemployment, the future financial fallout and that Trump, even if he was miraculously healing the sick, is handling it wrong.

      The corner of Crisis and Covid is a busy intersection with injuries and fatalities reported daily. Sad, but not surprising. What is surprising is that after months of announcing that the numbers would rise when businesses and schools reopened, these same reporters (not to mention our public health experts) continue to be shocked when it actually happens. And if they don't believe their own news reports, why should I?