Ask a Patient Opinion Poll
How would you rate the media coverage of the Novel Coronavirus in terms of 1)quality and 2)quantity?
(Total Votes: 263)
| Good; right amount of coverage (30.8%) | |
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| Good; too much coverage (9.9%) | |
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| Too alarmist; right amount of coverage (12.5%) | |
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| Too alarmist; too much coverage (39.9%) | |
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| Other (list below) (6.8%) | |
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Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)
• Make face coverings mandatory everywhere
• the Hong Kong flu was worse and didn't get this much coverage
• Media is imposing fear. Reporting more opinion instead of facts.
• Information overload! Enough already!
• Garbage
• I suppose it depends on the source, national or local. It is so political & extreme on a national
• the media is terrible
• Data needs more breakdown about profiles of the dead
• MSM needs to provide correct information and stop spending so much time on Trump.
• We greatly appreciate Trump's strong and deep business-savvy leadership.
• Watch Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai exposes Dr. Fauci on YouTube
• I know some folks that cannot tolerate the coverage, but ignorance is not bliss and can kill you.
• Not good because they turned it into a political football and not what we needed at all.
• Agenda Driven! Pro Leftest ! Anti Trump !
• Love your news
• Can cause too much anxiety
• Covid19 when impeachment didn't work. Opioid crisis when marijuana is legal!
• Way Blown Out
• Bill gates is a conniving guy
• Great Job
• Watch Pam's News Channel on YouTube and learn the truth
• it depends on the people delivering the news. Most reports are helpful and correct.
• Too much anti Trump bias and the lack of unity hampers a solution to anything
• Too much negative news about what our leaders are doing/not doing. Listen to our leaders.
• Too much blaming, and asking stupid questions.
• needs more detailed coverage
• Not enouch scientific/medical news
• This is not the right way
• Also very against the president who is doing a great job handling this crisis.
• A forced belief is hard to believe even if true!!!
• Too much bias against Trump and his administration.
• Too much Trump attention/coverage.
• Hospital laying off staff, low census
• CDC homemade mask confusion re;
• Fantastic
• I wish the media would stop trying to convince us.
• Answer refers to mainstream coverage, not right wing nonsense, or social media.
• I appreciate having accurate information
• deep six Trump, doctors & governors should be informing us
• Too political, should stick to useful info.
• Too much Trump
• Some media not serving public but themselves
• Raise the alarm but do not make the public placid by excessive coverage.
• Only Fauchi should speak
• Numbers of people in different places should be shown as fractions of total populations
• After 3 years of Trump Tweets, Mueller Report, Impeachment, to COVID-19, I'm burning out
• Your coverage is good. The national news coverage is overwhelming and is out to sell news.
• I wonder the real truth in all the reports
• Social distancing. Too much news stress
• This too will pass.
• This too will pass.
• Put the focus back on the corrupt politicians!
• Hope this is over soon!
• Excellent and interesting.
• Not enough coverage especially about idiots hoarding food and medical supplies
• The coverage is good though seems too much, yet it is needed to make the public be aware of the sev
• Mainstream Social Media is making every thing so much worse!!
• Get rid of Trump and Republicons!
• VG difficult to minimise the idiot effect
• DailyKosMar18 Officials not telling us what they're told by Drs., WHO, etc.
• We are kept alert as to what is happening around our country n the world
• Too much panicking
• Medical experts need to reporting the news
• Need more comparison with what was previously done with other illnesses.
• You should be asking what we believe is the government's dismal response to the pandemic!! Idiots!
• Politics should be avoided at all costs
• Coverage by medical teams is fine . Too much hype by popular media reporters
• Media is creating panic!
• The government is not doing enough to stop traveller coming into the country.
• not enough details about victims
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