Once the hantavirus ship landed in Tenerife, the ships that once again deserve the most media attention are those that are still unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz again? Yes. It’s news. Again. The hantavirus is newer, yes. And, coming in a huge ship, this virus does not need a microscope to be visible. News attracts coverage either because of how new it is, how important its consequences seem, or how colorful it is.
And the hantavirus is safe first and last. How can a South Seas cruise ship disembarking not be as eye-catching as the scene in which government agents come for ET? Although for colorful and novel, the British army on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. So small that it does not even have an airport and the medical help to a resident who was on the cursed cruise ship and has hantavirus symptoms has arrived by parachute! Tristan da Cunha is very far away.
And we are paying attention to the hantavirus above all to countries that have had to repatriate their own passengers with symptoms. Because another criterion for giving more or less coverage to something is how close it is. And are we closer to the risk of hantavirus or the Strait of Hormuz?
Well, the most attractive thing is not always what affects us the most. And when the Andes virus outbreak is controlled, we will forget about it. But the war in Iran remains out of control. The last hour is that the ceasefire falls apart. The US rejects Iran’s offer to end the war, which it ended last week. It’s not new, we’ve been like this for ten weeks now. And while epidemiologists track the virus, economists warn that we are on the brink of a global supply chain crisis. And that is indeed contagious.
Moral?
With so much to look at
Each one chooses what to be alarmed with
