NPR On the Media: Black Swans
As coronavirus spreads, the Center for Disease Control is warning Americans to take urgent precautions. Meanwhile, the White House says tune out and calm down. On this week’s On the Media, what to expect as COVID-19 threatens to make its way through a ruptured body politic. Plus, amid so much focus on electability, a look at the millions of voters who swing from voting “blue” to simply not voting at all.
Journalist Laurie_Garrett on the nature of contagions and how a nation of so-called “epidemic voyeurs” is reacting to a possible pandemic on American soil.