Hi Rebel,
I do agree that the health officials of the CDC and WHO have been exemplary. The US gov't has been quite good also. A lot of the media though will say 'we aren't trying to hype this, but'.... then they hype it. Like saying that Dr Chan of WHO stated that this pandemic 'threatens all humanity'. The comment was taken out of context like Biden's. What she said was that all nations should cooperate on dealing with the pandemic since such diseases affect 'threaten' all of humanity not just select nations. A very different context than reported in the media. She sure didn't imply this is a species killer.
These days with the internet there is no reason not to go to original sources.
Damocles