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Dr. Fauci's interview quotes were twisted in headlines, falsely suggesting the pandemic's end, stressing the importance of context and accurate reporting.
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The full transcript provides detailed insights on the manipulation of quotes in headlines, stressing the importance of contextual understanding in media consumption.
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Well, howdy there, internet people.
It's Beau again.
So today, we're going to talk about the good doc
and our public health issue and headlines based on quotes
and how sometimes they can lead to less
than accurate interpretations.
So if you missed it, Dr. Fauci gave a series of interviews.
And in one of them, he said the phrase,
we are out of the pandemic phase.
And then when that got turned into a headline,
it got turned into we're out of the pandemic.
And then it got further summarized
into the pandemic is over.
A fuller quote from the same day is,
we are out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase.
But because of the way the headlines treated that quote
and kind of chopped it up, he had to come out the next day
and be a little bit more specific.
Says we're in a new moment in the pandemic.
It's a controlled phase.
But by no means is the pandemic over.
So that's pretty clear.
Had some questions about it.
Aside from that, he gave some additional kind
of a wish list of what we need to do
to make sure things keep going the way they are.
Because right now, cases are down.
Vaccination rates are up.
Things are looking good.
His wish list here is get more people vaccinated.
Develop even better vaccines.
Maintain early access to treatment.
And develop the best booster strategy
to deal with emerging variants.
So that's where we're at.
It's not over, but we're going in the right direction.
Cases are down.
Everything is moving in the direction we want it to,
at least in the US.
Now, keep in mind, we've talked about the vaccine disparity
when it comes to developing nations, to use that term.
There's a lot of inequity when it
comes to how these vaccines are going out.
They're going to rich countries.
And the worry is that in those areas that
haven't had the opportunity to be vaccinated at high rates,
we could have more variants emerge.
But at the moment, everything is going the right way.
So that's it.
When you see headlines that are quotes,
make sure you get context.
Because this happens a lot.
Normally, not about something this important.
But when you see those headlines that
have a public figure's name, colon, and then whatever
the quote is, always read beyond that headline
and get the full context to it.
Now, in this case, in at least one of the interviews,
he just kind of chopped what he was trying to say
and what he said in other places repeatedly.
And it just so happened that was the one that
got the widespread attention.
But this type of misunderstanding happens a lot.
And when you see a quote as a headline,
always remember that is a way for the outlet
to generate a headline that gets people's attention
without having any liability themselves.
Because they're just printing what somebody else said.
They don't really have to make it accurate.
They don't have to fact check the quote
because the quote was said.
It's not a great journalistic practice.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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