If over the past year you’ve likely had the feeling that the goalposts have been moving at a regular rate. There’s been another constant, and that’s media fear-mongering.
Good Morning America showed how it’s done yet again with this totally responsible report:
“Double mutant” COVID variant found in the U.S. as fears grow over a fourth wave. @KayleeHartung reports. https://t.co/OxGdcDsCmh pic.twitter.com/8Y7JPYjcHe
— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 5, 2021
Like most of these kinds of stories, GMA buried the reality of the situation:
Story
✅ “It is safe…”
✅ “relieving the stress…”
✅ “1/3 fully vaccinated”
✅ “there is low risk”Headline
❌ FEAR GROWS OVER DOUBLE MUTANT!
— Razor (@hale_razor) April 5, 2021
God help us when the Triple or Quadruple Mutant emerges.
— Thornton Melon (@URaRa_Wisconsin) April 5, 2021
That can’t be far behind.
This is the ultimate fear panic porn move since March 2020, when Hollywood and Big Corporations had their “flatten the curve” marketing plan in place. https://t.co/W9N0RYgDmB
— Jim Pelican, AFT (@RantsOutloud) April 5, 2021
Damn, I thought this was @TheBabylonBee for a minute. https://t.co/p5ZV7CEy24
— 1776 PewPewJew (@dflenick) April 5, 2021
If they have their way, we'll never leave our houses again. https://t.co/VAc6RaOLGS
— Torrey M. Spears ?? (@torreymspears) April 5, 2021
Just stop.
Viruses mutate.
This is the behavior of people who don’t want you to live your normal life. https://t.co/udazYSUWrs
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) April 5, 2021
We are in the Double Secret Probation Phase.
Double Mutant. ????
Anyone still following this madness might be beyond help. https://t.co/MSmuUvnZq0
— Kyle Gersper (@kylegersper) April 5, 2021
ZOMG, DOUBLE MUTANT!!
yawns* I’m going to be over here, living life while you continue to peddle your fear porn. https://t.co/AsAoe8pQM0
— RaKell, So Inappropriate (Sworn Enemy of Rufus!) (@MrsRotnjetski) April 5, 2021
They want you locked down and scared forever. https://t.co/VAQQ1Rp3cj
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) April 5, 2021
It's called the "double mutant" because it has mutations at two proteins, E484Q and L452R, which sounds scary if you think that either (1) almost all viral mutations are single-protein or (2) two mutations are twice as dangerous.
This is dumb. https://t.co/76SZKJswF2
— That's Sir Dr. NotThatCrownMaybe to You, Bub (@CrownMaybe) April 5, 2021
“This is dumb” should be the
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