Do you trust the information we currently have concerning the pandemic?

Question

As time progresses concerning the Covid-19 pandemic I’m seeing more and more people lose trust in all media outlets, the CDC, the WHO, and even their own doctors. In the beginning I remember a lot of us taking it more seriously, encouraging others to socially distance and wear masks, but a lot of that has faded now even though we are still seeing spikes and outbreaks. In Florida they are averaging 3,000+ cases a day. However, I see more and more people starting to say they don’t believe it and are beginning to think it’s an overreaction or even hoax, or that the virus simply has to run its course through the population and it’s “not that bad” with a high survival rate. 
🦠Has your trust diminished in the information given to the public about Covid-19? 
🦠Did you trust the information at first, and now you are second guessing it? 
🦠 Are you still adhering to CDC/WHO guidelines or have you slackened a bit?

Accepted Answer

Anybody who thinks this is a media-driven hoax is an idiot. That’s all I have to say about it. Even republican governors in the US are finally admitting that the increase in numbers are real and are encouraging others to at least wear a mask. That should tell you how serious it is.

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I did at first, and I 100% do not believe this is a conspiracy theory. The pandemic is real and it’s deadly!
However, so many of the experts have flip flopped so much since March, it’s so hard to know what to believe.
First they said masks do nothing and could make things worse back in March, now they’re making them mandatory.
They also said asymptomatic people spread the virus the most back in April, and now they’re saying asymptomatic people might not even spread it at all.
Not to mention their projections for dead’s back in March compared to the actual deaths.
I’m still social distancing, wearing a mask and being safe because I’m pregnant and just don’t know what to believe anymore.
Plus I live in a city that is one of the only places in all of North America still in phase 1.

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I trust the information coming from the hospitals, doctors and health officials.  I watch the press conferences and speak to my doctors.  I watch stats from other countries and compare their restrictions, compliance and deaths.  I don’t believe the media is overstating anything.  
In science things change when you get more information from doing studies.  Recommendations come out as new best information comes out.  I don’t understand how people can’t grasp this.  
If anything I’m pissed restrictions weren’t put in place earlier and kept in place longer.  My entire family is still adhering to guidelines, we are still isolating and will continue to despite what politicians open up.

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I worked in a hospital until a month ago, I've seen Covid 19 firsthand, I've watched people in their 30's being coded because of it. There's no denying it's real. I continue getting my information directly from people on the frontlines and researchers. 
I feel the media and politicians have fucked this whole pandemic response up. The response itself wasn't handled well. The media, instead of sticking to the sensible reality of "the world is in the middle of a natural disaster, we're not accustomed to it because it's been a while but with simple steps, if we treat it like a war effort and work together, we can mitigate damage", the media goes to either full panic or really dismissive. Politicians, in the US, have taken advantage of civil unrest to ignore and brush aside the fact we're still in a pandemic. It's convenient for them, people's doubt, because there's an election coming up. 
It's also really frustrating that important facts are left out of media information. All that is talked about really is death rates and kids with bad outcomes. No one talks about the long term damage caused to healthy people who get the virus.

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Absolutely not. These so called experts keep flip flopping their information and going back on what they previously said. Dr. Fauci’s predictions have gotten us nowhere but confused, the WHO kept us in the dark about the pandemic, and the CDC twisted information about wearing masks. I’ve also read that some states admitting to falsifying Covid cases when cause of death was something else and nursing homes inflating or deflating the amount of positive cases they actually have. 
It’s an absolute shit show regardless.

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I do not think this is a hoax made by the medua nor do I have conspiracy theories about Corona but I do not listen to news sources for medical advice. They sensationalize is either saying it's way scarier than it is and inciting fear or not taking it serious enough and making it seem like a hoax. I listen to doctors when it comes to medical issues.

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I am a public health professional so I spend a lot of time reading research and healthcare publications, journals, etc, and feel I have a pretty good handle on where things are. But I have years of training in this. The communications handling of the pandemic has been disastrous and it’s not surprising they people don’t trust the authorities. It’s hard enough dealing with an unknown and moving target before adding in all the terrible political color to how it’s been communicated by our leaders and the media. I feel badly for the public. They’ve really been let down.

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It’s not necessarily about trust. We are still learning so much about this virus. It’s possible there are mutations that are making people sicker. My ICU had 30ish cases six weeks ago and now we have 1 or 2. So it appears that just like influenza, it doesn’t thrive in the summer months so I wouldn’t say it’s gone or any less serious. With that said I do think some people are doing too much. Just wash your hands and avoid contact with those who have it or could have it.. large groups... etc. Get people back to work

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From my country, not at all. They literally tried removing all stats regarding our infected and death rate since the president put a general who's not a health professional in the health ministry temporarily. They gave up on the idea after a lot of pressure from outside, but since then the data has been off. It was going up and up since that moment, and suddenly they tell us it is going down and that they're reopening everything. Even though hospitals have been full.
I am following international predictions and data regarding my country more than I am trusting my own country with our own damn data and that pisses me off a lot.

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Miami  now has to wear a mask anytime you're  outside.  They don't care if you can social distance  or not..... and obviously  inside  is still with a mask on.

Do you trust the information we currently have concerning the pandemic?

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