In the podcast “Let’s Ask!”, science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar has his say and describes the coronavirus situation as being dramatized by the media.
If everyone buys toilet paper, wears masks and thinks they are no longer allowed to travel, then you assume that you have to do that too. Even if it's wrong. And that is currently the case with the coronavirus, says science journalist Yogeshwar.
In the podcast “Let’s Ask!”, Ranga Yogeshwar criticizes the unreflective behavior of many people regarding the coronavirus. But he also takes aim at media that caused hysteria to break out with exaggerated reporting.
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People are excluded from events, while others steal medical supplies from hospitals. The hysterical situation regarding the coronavirus in Germany is causing irrational behavior.
Yogeshwar explains all this. He sees the overall situation as a breeding ground on which it is very difficult to use reason to counteract it. The podcast from the series “ Let’s Ask ” lasts less than 30 minutes:
Coronavirus: false reports and hysteria
In the last two weeks we have also observed that social media, but also the media, are fighting for headlines and attention.
Almost every single new coronavirus case is reported, but at the same time there is hardly any written information about how many people have already recovered or how mild many cases are.
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You sometimes get the impression that media outlets, even the smallest local newspaper, are waiting to “finally” be able to report on their own corona case in order to generate (click) circulation. It seems as if people are longing for apocalyptic scenarios in order to be able to offer dramatic headlines.
For example, a newspaper headlined “Now it’s happened” on Facebook when a German died due to the coronavirus. Apart from the fact that the man was in Egypt and no information is provided about previous illnesses, the lead story reads like a missing piece of the puzzle in a hysteria that is still escalating:
Sure, talking down is not the way to go. Nevertheless, hysteria is also the wrong approach. It's not just the coronavirus hysteria, because alongside the hysteria there are also regular false reports that have not subsided to this day ( see here ).
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Article image Coronavirus makes the media hysterical: Shutterstock / By rogistok
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