Sara
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Thank you, Kerin, I have noticed that we share the same taste in many areas! I always enjoy your selection of topics, our conversation and the posts you share with us.
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Q3: With Internet and Social Media widespread, News Media has dramatically changed. People have access now in real time to news and information, that used to be in the hands of a few. This is a positive change but it also entails important drawbacks. There has always been misinformation in the History of mankind, but now falsehoods travel so fast and are so global that they are even more dangerous than before. Mass media have a harder job and a greater responsibility than ever as a beacon of truthful information to avoid dire consequences that could easily get out of hand.
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Q2: The people Mahdawi refers to are not only the kooks she describes in the article, who are touting absurd remedies, because there is a limit to the reach they have, and they are too ridiculous to be really dangerous (I don’t think that many people are going to drink their own urine! ) With people that should be get accountable for, I think she implies unscrupulous journalists and people with power who are able to influence many individuals who follow and believe them.
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I agree with Mahdawi about the two main obstacles she mentions in her article that are responsible for slowing down the eradication of the Covid pandemic. But I think it is more complex than that. For instance, there are many places in the so called poor countries were the vaccines are waiting to be administered and getting spoiled because people are afraid to be inoculated due to all the disinformation and superstition created around them. Also, many people around the world are seeing vaccination as an affront to their liberties, instead of a means to protect them. Furthermore, they think the vaccines were developed too soon to be fully tested, as if they knew how long it took to develop other vaccines we have been getting for years ( smallpox, measles, polio, etc.) that have saved so many lives. All this is the result of too much unfiltered information that makes people believe they master all kind of topics instead of relying on the experts. It is always easier to say that Big Pharma is the villain, but thanks to them we got a vaccine in record time.
