TK Mashup: “Omicron DEATH!”
For a while now it s been clear the primary objective of most pandemic coverage is to scare the socks off mass audiences. Good news, bad news, boring news, interesting news, news that s more of a wash in the final analysis, news that s a net plus overall: it s all presented as terrifying, more signs of the Apocalypse. There s no better example than the stampede to advertise the first death from Omicron in the United States.