The Media and Blowing things out of proportion.

With the UK in it's fifth week of Lockdown, I have been largely ignoring the news as much as I can do, something that I urge a lot of people to do. People got fed up of Brexit, last year and Sky News, launched a news channel that was completely free of Brexit.

Now we are faced with a pandemic and the media are full of fear-mongering.... Surely the media could find other news and positive stories happening around the globe, surely news channels and media outlets could launch stand alone news channels and news outlets that do not cover the pandemic, it really would not be hard to do, you managed to do it with Brexit, when we got a little bored of Brexit, now people are bored of the pandemic. We want positive news.

I earlier took a little look at the news, yes a little look and it really was repulsive and full of scare-mongering.

So far both journalists and politicians have been fantastic at installing fear into us all, which is sad, especially within a day and an age where we are perhaps even more reliant on technology than ever before. Was fake news a thing during the Spanish Flu pandemic? Simple answer is no. Now it is. Finland educates it's younger generation and it's population in general to spot fake news. Finland has even taken the approach to enlist it's social media influencers to help stop the spread of fake news.

America on the other hand is a hot bed for fake news, having said that the UK is not that much of a hot bed for fake news, but even so, fake news within the UK is still in existent.

And no more so than today, where a headline going around the country, is of and i quote "A New Disease within children that displays itself like COVID"

How low can the media get? They are already distrusted enough which is a natural reaction during a global emergency, but this new disease is not new.

Rare; yes..... New..... No. It is actually Kawasaki Disease, Earlier on today, Matt Hancock was seen as a health expert... I shall leave that open to discussion, talking about this new disease, sorry Kawasaki Disease, as being something new. It quite simply as I have stated, not new, just rare.

Now if that is not fear mongering then I do not know what is. Kawasaki Disease is one of those things that actually happens and sadly occurs when the immune system is lowered. The immune system generally needs to be healthy regardless of.

However with the pandemic and the Lockdown, people's immune systems including those of children will becoming lowered.

And yet, somehow the media like to push fear at the population. The same kind of fear that happened during world war two, the kind of fear that creates a two tier society, that stirs up hatred of people. A clever move? No, to keep people safe? No?

What I also find astonishing is that the media love in general to blow things out of proportion alongside with politicians.

But, Kawasaki Disease, which I repeat is not new, is something that is an effect of having a lowered immune system, and surely that could be something to do with being in Lockdown? An indirect lowered immune system struggling because of a lack of healthy immunity, surely this is something that needs to be addressed? Also where is the evidence to suggest that Lockdown actually does work?

Who knows.

But please, I beg the media in general, such as Peston, Laura Kuenssberg and other journalists, to stop putting a spin on what is in effect nature. The world at the end of the day will never be virus free, instead let nature do what nature does, and stop printing and spreading fear into people.

Is it any wonder that there is so much distrust, and when we see the above, with a new disease that is not new, it is clear proof that you are just scaring people.

Stop it, as it really is not true, again your news articles and reports are simply adding to people's anxiety which again can result in unhealthy mental health, lowered immunity and anxiety.

Instead, try to promote good news and positive news, it really is not difficult is it?