Tag: Coronavirus

What are the chances somebody with COVID-19 must be hospitalized? Your perception may vary depending on your political leaning.

The president realized that he had to get much tougher, much louder and much angrier.

There are massively competing narratives about ivermectin’s efficacy in treating COVID-19, and it all shows in media bias.

People tend to overestimate or underestimate risk. The pandemic brings this into stark relief. Picture someone wearing an N95 mask while walking their dog through a deserted park. Contrast that with someone entering a crowded bar maskless in an area with high coronavirus transmission rates.

Should the media share stories about people’s decision to get vaccinated leading up to their deaths?

Thanks to the Delta variant, it feels like we are on the precipice of a much larger and more dangerous divide in American society.

Cases of the Delta variant, a more contagious variation of COVID-19, have been been rising across the U.S., and the CDC says Delta now accounts for over 83% of U.S. COVID-19 cases. New COVID-19 cases are climbing in all 50 states, but remain much lower than the pandemic's peak. According...

The media sphere appears to have undergone a shift in narrative when it comes to the theory COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese laboratory.

Many of us are familiar with virtue signaling on social media. Simply put, people post content that makes them appear to be good people. For the past year, masks and vaccines have been the new, IRL virtue signaling — and, since we largely disagree on what true virtue is, they are...