On Bloomberg's morning show today, Tom Keene and Jonathan Ferro were suggesting that

[JohnSJ]

much of the media was "over-blowing" the number of cases, in spite of the "fact" that "the number of deaths was not that much"

From my perspective it was a very disappointing and reckless view, from a network whose personalities usually don't inject their personal views on such matters.

What Keene and Ferro overlooked in their comments is deaths are always a lagging indicator, and besides death, the increase in hospitalizations cause major problems in dealing with non-covid cases because of resources. Probably the most overlooked aspect of the pandemic is the long haul effects, and no one has a good handle on that.

[TxGuitar]

1. "number of deaths was not that much"

Well, one is too many if it's you or a loved one.

[JohnSJ]

3. yes, but also ignoring other factors involved which impact people's lives in a negative way

is not telling the whole story

[Girard442]

2. Why not just drink the Kool Aid on tbe air and be done with it?

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Some media seem hell bent on promoting normalcy.

I live in Missouri. I’ll be inside my house for the foreseeable future.

Thanks, Republicans!

[JohnSJ]

8. Bloomberg is a financial network so that is an obvious motive, though it is unusual for their

personalities to interject their personal interpretation

[viva la]

5. And you'd think "only" 300 deaths a day that COULD BE MOSTLY PREVENTED

Would come across to most humans as something that should... be prevented.

"We have 300 people a day dying, and 10K a day hospitalized, because there's salmonella in the chicken that comes from this farm."

"Well, shut the farm down!!! 300 deaths a day! Prevent that!"

"Uh, no, can't do that. The farm owner doesn't want to shut down. So we're going to have to just suck it up and let 300 of our citizens die every day instead."

[malaise]

6. Data across the planet suggests that people are undercounting

the number of persons who have died from Covid 19. The NYT had a piece yesterday or the day before suggesting that up the three million people died of Covid in India alone.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Deja vu all over again...

[brush]

9. Were they talking only about the unvaccinated? If not...

they're overlooking the fact that the rate of deaths in vaccinated people is way down because the vaccines help keep down the depth of infection.