Coronavirus: What Am I To Believe?

    Since the beginning of this pandemic, different information about the coronavirus has been broadcasted throughout the media. News channels say one thing and government officials say another, while millions decided to use their own interpretation as their basis for the knowledge of this virus.

    If I'm being completely honest, throughout this pandemic, I have not really been following along with the latest news. I try my best to avoid it, because it always puts me in a bad mood. Occasionally, I will look at Apple News f only because it shows up on my laptop every day. Every now and then I look at the CDC and watch Fox News. I also will occasionally read journal articles from Universities. However, if I'm being honest I don't know who to trust. My parents will occasionally tell me what they hear on the radio, but even they don't whole-heartedly trust it. Whenever I watch the news, I normally only pay attention when a health official is speaking. I trust the direct words of a health official slightly more than that of other officials. However, even them I don't trust so much. Since the beginning of this pandemic, I've tried to filter all the information that I take in by following CDC guidelines. However, if I had to chose one source I would probably say journal articles from universities, simply because I know that they have research behind the information they are sharing. 

    

    As far as my family and friends I can't think of anyone who I believe is relying on faulty information because I don't really know what is faulty or what isn't. Because of that I have not really had any conflict in my life. 

    I would say that the reason I'm not sure who to trust or what to trust is because of how politicized the pandemic has become. This corona virus has almost somewhat brought a greater divide between people. I have not personally been affected, but have seen different things on social media grouping people who don't follow the CDC guidelines as republicans and those who do as democrats. Even if they don't say it directly, they imply it. This politicization of the coronavirus is starting to become slightly scarier than the virus itself. Are people going to loose their lives, because of their political party? Is someone going to put another individual at risk of attaining the virus, because there political beliefs are too important? There's not telling what will happen next due to the politicization of the corona virus!