Since the "lockdown" in the UK, I'm not going on social media much more than once every couple of days at most just to check up on friends. And when I do, it just reinforces why: it is full idiots. It is full of more idiots than usual.
If your national health advisor / chief medical officer / government advisor hasn't mentioned it, then it is wrong and likely will always be wrong.
But Sarah on Facebook / Mark on Twitter has an alleged top tip on COVID19, then which one should you share? It seems the general public would now prefer to take their advice from "a bloke down the pub", rather than a qualified expert in the field with 30+ years of experience.
I'm much happier without social media, not that I was on it much to start with. Silver linings and all that.
Really it doesn't matter if the advice is from the court jester or the viser - only the validity of the advice itself.
Between the child and the imperial tailor who do you believe is valid when one says the emperor is naked and the other insists that he is wearing opulent garments? The one whom the facts support. Telling what is the truth is easier said than done however.
If your national health advisor / chief medical officer / government advisor hasn't mentioned it, then it is wrong and likely will always be wrong.
But Sarah on Facebook / Mark on Twitter has an alleged top tip on COVID19, then which one should you share? It seems the general public would now prefer to take their advice from "a bloke down the pub", rather than a qualified expert in the field with 30+ years of experience.
I'm much happier without social media, not that I was on it much to start with. Silver linings and all that.