Social Media and COVID-19

The Coronavirus Pandemic is not the first time people have taken to social media to express their ideas and opinions, they do it every day. But with COVID-19 becoming so upfront in the lives of everyone around the world, it is safe to say it is "trending", to say the least. News articles about new findings, updated statistics, business closures, and stay-at-home orders flood news feeds on social media, as well as the (for the most part) uneducated opinions of our fellow social media users.
When I log on to social media, Facebook especially, Coronavirus related news stories and lengthy status updates are all I see on my timeline. My favorite part about going on Facebook right now is going to a Fox8 News article, and reading the comments, that seem to go on forever, about whether things should re-open or not, why people are deciding to not wear masks or gloves when they go out, people deciding not to stay home, etc.. While some people attempt to do research on these things before they post a 600-word comment, many of them do not. They consider themselves and the hardships they are personally facing, and do not consider the other things that go into the decisions being made by our government or health officials on why stay-at-home orders are in place, why we should wear masks, and why businesses, restaurants, and stores are still closed. Ignorance is bliss.

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Of course I am ready for things to go back to normal, for us students to return to school, to go back to work, to be able to go out and eat in a restaurant, and for the utter fear and panic among us to be over. But I refrain from posting anything about the virus and the way we are handling it on any form of social media. Why? Because I am not educated and informed enough about the situation to put my opinions out there. There are so many aspects about health and safety, employment, the economy, and many more I am sure I know nothing about, that play a part in the decisions being made. There are arguments about the government stripping citizens of their rights in order to flatten the curve and stop the spread of the virus. There could possibly be a valid argument there.
I have also seen an outpour of support on social media. Community members offering to make grocery store trips for elderly neighbors, picking up medications for them at the drugstore, and offering to help those who are unable to, or are at a very high risk for contracting this virus very severely. Whether social media is a good or bad thing is solely up to those who use it and how they decide to do so. Offering to help others is a good way to use it, while putting out an ignorant, uneducated opinion, is probably not.
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