Motivated probably by patriotism, the press backed the nay-sayers 100%, which included most of those in government. (And Wilson was as hard for censorship as any dictator.) Self-censorship doesn't begin to cover it.
Much more balance these days, even allowing for the digital alt-right input.
Remains to be seen how it will play out.
I hear November's hoofbeats approaching ...![]()
Some are saying this virus 'may' be seasonal and another wave will come in the fall. In reality, that second wave will come no matter what because the entire country got locked down. Too many people have been isolated and never got exposed to something they might have been able to become immune to. Once you begin opening up the businesses, those people will now get infected from 'hangers on' since not everyone will be free of it, and the spread will start again.
Who do you think will get blamed for opening the country up 'too soon'?
Wait for a vaccine like some want (up to 18 months) and watch the country's economy kill us or open it up and have more deaths and have that be a liberal political 'outrage'......… a no win situation politically no matter which way you go at this point. It also doesn't seem to matter to the media that most of those who die did not die BECAUSE of the virus but because they happen to GET the virus at the same they were already battling severe illnesses that caused their immune systems to be compromised. There are NO stats that show how many have ACTUALLY died from the virus itself....and I believe that's being done deliberately.

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