Ok, let's do thought experiment. Why is #COVID-19 terrible and wreaked havoc? Because it can cause severe disease in some (vulnerable) unlike its cousins- the coronaviruses that cause colds. Say you don't believe the suggestive AztraZeneca nor Moderna data that shows asymptomatic

infection reduced. Say you don't think there is biological plausibility that a robust immune response blocks nasal infection. However, with vaccine >95% of population did not even get symptoms from COVID and nearly 100% did not get severe disease.

You have just turned this new virus into even less than a cold. How can we not be messaging hope and optimism after mass vaccination and pushing as hard as we can go get there? How can we not be messaging close contact after mass vaccination, crowds, in-person, etc.?

Until this journalist @CodyBroadway did this story, I am not sure I understood the addictive power of gloom messaging. Please watch addiction expert (I was just hyper; coffee; skip that). If doom messaging addictive, networks put doom messengers on TV: https://www.lx.com/coronavirus/lx-natl-doom-and-gloom-covid-19-headlines-arent-changing-behavior-theyre-part-of-the-problem/28428/