[teejers1]

Wasn't my urge to paint as bleak a picture as possible supposed to have been driven by the election?
Hope your mom is ok.
BC

Not yours, in particular.  
And GR's article - which confirms common sense, particularly the reporting on education in US - reveals that the negative stories are due to . . . the readers' wants and desires:

Or as the researchers say, “Our results suggest that U.S. major outlets publish unusually negative COVID-19 stories in response to reader demand and interest.” That tracks with the findings of a bevy of research about negativity bias in human psychology: People gravitate toward and tend to remember bad news.

Great.  We live in a country of Eeyores! Or Chicken Littles . . . or both.

P.S.  Second time a positive test has cropped up at my mom's facility during the pandemic.  First time all patients tested negative, so I'm optimistic.

P.P.S. As for Doc's anecdote - unfortunately, expect there will be many more such transmission stories.

[teejers1]

Wasn't my urge to paint as bleak a picture as possible supposed to have been driven by the election?
Hope your mom is ok.
BC

Not yours, in particular.  
And GR's article - which confirms common sense, particularly the reporting on education in US - reveals that the negative stories are due to . . . the readers' wants and desires:

Or as the researchers say, “Our results suggest that U.S. major outlets publish unusually negative COVID-19 stories in response to reader demand and interest.” That tracks with the findings of a bevy of research about negativity bias in human psychology: People gravitate toward and tend to remember bad news.

Great.  We live in a country of Eeyores! Or Chicken Littles . . . or both.

P.S.  Second time a positive test has cropped up at my mom's facility during the pandemic.  First time all patients tested negative, so I'm optimistic.

P.P.S. As for Doc's anecdote - unfortunately, expect there will be many more such transmission stories.