If people are so easily fooled by the nicknaming of a virus to infer something with respect to its deadliness then we are in serious trouble. This is the problem with how information is disseminated. Because all of these variants are now seeming to blend together they had to find a way to make it more distinct in the public's ignorant eyes, which is to call it some so evil and ominous!
This is just par for the course when it comes to the media. Catastrophize and analogize rather than actually science...ize...
Gregory's claim is disingenuous. Of all the names to use, do you mean to tell me they settled on a violent mythic sea monster that kills? Whatever, you say Mutumbo.
It smells like someone in the behavioural scenic department got a hold of someone in the virology department and had a chat. I think they knew damn well what they were doing when they settled on Kraken. It was chosen to mess with people to keep them in fear.
And this mask thing. This has to be killed somehow. It's not an innocuous response anymore. This now falls into faith in pseudoscience. The problem with pushing masks so hard is they base policy on junk science.
A comment from his Twitter feed:
"Jan 10
Replying to
@TRyanGregory
I couldn't take it more seriously. My first infection 5 weeks ago was very mild, but I'm determined not to do it again. I'm so mad at myself for contracting Covid."
These people believe they can avoid and avert an endemic respiratory illness. That's because the 'experts' keep saying 'Covid is still out there' conflating it with it still being a 'pandemic'. So people miscalculate this believing they can - dodge, duck dip, dive and dodge - until the 'The Experts (TM)' declare the pandemic 'over'. Which they never will.
If people are so easily fooled by the nicknaming of a virus to infer something with respect to its deadliness then we are in serious trouble. This is the problem with how information is disseminated. Because all of these variants are now seeming to blend together they had to find a way to make it more distinct in the public's ignorant eyes, which is to call it some so evil and ominous!
This is just par for the course when it comes to the media. Catastrophize and analogize rather than actually science...ize...
It's marketing. It's why Kawasaki named their crotch rocket the Ninja.
They're selling the virus as a dark and dangerous force of nature, and tapping into a few Jungian archetypes to do it.
It's piss poor science and worse public health policy but as a marketing and branding scheme it's not bad.
Saul Alinsky would approve.
They never call hurricanes or tornados such names despite the destruction it leaves in their path.
You'll never hear them name a hurricane, for example, Godzilla.
They were always given human names for even the most devastating natural disasters.
I guess variant Martha would not go over well, although we should just call all of these variants the Karen variant and subvariants of Karen. 🤷♂️
Having encountered a few Karens I think I'd prefer a Kraken.
Variant Anne of Green Gables doesn't have the same, erm, panache.
Gregory's claim is disingenuous. Of all the names to use, do you mean to tell me they settled on a violent mythic sea monster that kills? Whatever, you say Mutumbo.
It smells like someone in the behavioural scenic department got a hold of someone in the virology department and had a chat. I think they knew damn well what they were doing when they settled on Kraken. It was chosen to mess with people to keep them in fear.
And this mask thing. This has to be killed somehow. It's not an innocuous response anymore. This now falls into faith in pseudoscience. The problem with pushing masks so hard is they base policy on junk science.
A comment from his Twitter feed:
"Jan 10
Replying to
@TRyanGregory
I couldn't take it more seriously. My first infection 5 weeks ago was very mild, but I'm determined not to do it again. I'm so mad at myself for contracting Covid."
These people believe they can avoid and avert an endemic respiratory illness. That's because the 'experts' keep saying 'Covid is still out there' conflating it with it still being a 'pandemic'. So people miscalculate this believing they can - dodge, duck dip, dive and dodge - until the 'The Experts (TM)' declare the pandemic 'over'. Which they never will.
The 'experts' have lead people astray.
It's classic Rules for Radicals schtick. They're branding the virus with dark and dangerous monster analogies.