Media fearmongering about the delta variant is harming public health

The media love to twist the words of experts to generate fear-induced clickbait. This eternally contemptible practice has been made even worse and normalized with the advent of COVID-19.

On Tuesday, ABC employed a tortured interpretation of a statement given by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to imply that COVID-19 vaccines may soon be useless. At a time when increasing vaccination is crucial, the only way to describe the networks’ conduct is to say it is deeply irresponsible.