Since April 5, I’ve been tracking daily deaths due to COVID-19 on the Centers for Disease Control website ( https://covidtracking.com/data/us-daily ). Simultaneously, I’ve been tracking death projections on the COVID-19 page of the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation ( https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america ). I’ve watched the uncertain swirl of the pandemic quickly turn into the perfect political playing field, and I have subsequently watched reporting on the pandemic crumble into predominantly one-sided fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD).
Why not counter-balance the drama-laced FUD with widely available good news? By staying safely in the predominant narrative, all our editors are actively contributing to the break-down of American society.
In March, the Imperial College of London said expect up to 2.2 million Americans dead from CV-19. Travel was being restricted, lockdowns were imminent, and it began with a goal to “flatten the curve.” Subsequently, we continued to have riots and political rallies that some ominously said were going to create a spike in infections and deaths.