Re:Long-haul symptoms affect majority of Covid-19 patients, ...
by senectus1 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @02:34AM
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I feel like we're both right.
Know your audience, there is little point in speaking Russian to Hindu native speakers.
There is also little to be gained in only communicating in overly complicated language to your average Citizen. The CDC could, quite easily and simply communicate really very important announcements in a way that your average "man on the street" could read, consume and truly understand with very little effort or time.
The audience is different. They have tuned themselves to short videos, short blurts of text and meme images. I agree this is not good, but they need to communicate in the same language or risk this sort of misinformation spreading.
Know your audience, there is little point in speaking Russian to Hindu native speakers.
There is also little to be gained in only communicating in overly complicated language to your average Citizen. The CDC could, quite easily and simply communicate really very important announcements in a way that your average "man on the street" could read, consume and truly understand with very little effort or time.
The audience is different. They have tuned themselves to short videos, short blurts of text and meme images. I agree this is not good, but they need to communicate in the same language or risk this sort of misinformation spreading.