The Many Stories of COVID-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Danielle Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amidst all the conversations around COVID-19, re-opening the economy was not one until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On April 17th<\/sup>, President Donald Trump introduced new guidelines aiming to slowly re-open the economy and lift the safety restrictions that were upheld in early March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On this same day five news stations published stories that covered the President’s phases to the protests taking place during this pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n USA Today<\/a> as well as a local new station, Click Orlando<\/a>, decided to cover the topic head on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The article mentions the phases Mr.Trump is hoping to take to successfully pull off this idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The key statement that this news station wanted to convey was the President\ufffds main statement, \ufffdWe are not opening all at once, but one careful step at a time,\ufffd<\/a> President Trump said. \ufffd<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two articles both have sources that opposed as well as support the President\ufffds plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The USA Today ensured that they included a quote from one of the deans of the global business at The Fletcher School of Law, Bhaskar Chakravorti, that questions the President’s tactics. \ufffd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click Orlando took it a step further and included a conservative\ufffds view that didn\ufffdt align completely with the presidents’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Economist, Stephen Moore, made similar remarks on Fox News a few days prior to the article\ufffds publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ufffdToo many economist and too many politician think somehow you are just going to flip a switch…and it\ufffds going to turn right back on,\ufffd<\/a> said Stephen Moore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreign perspective that BBC News<\/a> gave in their article of President Trump\ufffds plans to re-open the economy seemed to be the only true unbiased account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first section of the article there is a clip<\/a> of President Trump saying, \ufffdThey will be able to go, literally, tomorrow,\ufffd an idea that some countries agree with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BBC used their article to report the progress of countries outside of North America regarding their lockdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Trump\ufffds briefing was posted on their website, but they also used Dr. Anthony Fauci as a source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the article, Dr. Fauci told the Associated Press that the President\ufffds goal to re-open on May 1st<\/sup> is a bit optimistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This comes as no surprise as Dr. Fauci told the TODAY<\/a> show, \ufffdAs was predicted, this will only get worse before it gets better<\/a>\ufffd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only one of these articles, USA Today, briefly mentioned the push back the government had been getting due to the lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Yahoo News<\/a> (Huffington Post) and CNBC <\/a>had other plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yahoo News took an alternative approach to the topic and covered the thoughts American people have on the President\ufffds plan to re-open the economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Pew nonpartisan survey<\/a>, 81% of Democrats were worried that the restrictions will be lifted too soon while only 56% of Republicans shared those views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These results came about before President Trump released his plan saying, \ufffdI think 29 states are in that ballgame\ufffdthey will be able to reopen again soon<\/a>\ufffd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early Childhood Professional, Yvonne Williams, is amongst those who believe that re-opening any of the states is premature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ufffdI understand the importance of reopening the businesses so people can return to work but I think in order for us to properly protect the public, I believe, that everyone should have the opportunity to be tested<\/a>,\ufffd Yvonne Williams said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While Yahoo News focused on the statistics, CNBC<\/a> published on another pressing topic: the demand for state liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President took to Twitter to demand that certain states be freed from the pandemic-forced lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These tweets follow a group of protests that are demanding the liberation of Minnesota, Virginia and Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Illinois student, Courtney Williams, understands the protesters frustrations but feels that they as well as the president should focus on finding a safe solution instead of opening certain states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ufffdI don\ufffdt think it\ufffds a very smart idea especially since there\ufffds not a proper cure for COVID-19 at the moment<\/a>,\ufffd said the U of I freshman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One thing that all of these articles had in common is their push to get fresh news and to inform the public of updates that affects the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of the stories that are read about COVID-19 are the same, day in and out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These news outlets found a way to stay on topic without repeating the same news daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Many Stories of COVID-19 by Danielle Williams Amidst all the conversations around COVID-19, re-opening the economy was not one until now. 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