4th June 2016 was Day 9 of my USA trip. I went from Farmington to St George. On this day I visited Monument Valley. If you have ever been there you will know how easy it is to take a lot of photographs. I decided not to put them all in this blog, I’ll save the big photo day for the next two days.
The first place I stopped off was Shiprock. This was the start of the odd rock formations. Monument Valley is one of the places that appears in a lot of films.
I stopped in St George. A bit of a strange town – it seems to have two sides to the town, split by an interstate in the bottom of the valley. I would stay here for a couple of days and do day trips.
Anyway, back to the now. I’ve been checking numbers in images that claim to be data about COVID. So far I have yet to find one image with the correct data. I have found some that use odd data sets, some that use odd dates, some that use multiple dates and even some that appear to have been photo edited. I could understand one or two errors. In fact the UN have reviewed posts and found 75% have false data.
Some people have been quick to change their posts when I contacted them, these are often people that write a little bit about what they are posting. Others, often the ones with the data that looks to be deliberately falsified, don’t do anything and just post with no personal input.
To be honest I am getting a little bit fed up with people just posting newspaper articles (especially ones behind paywalls) or images without any comment. I am on social media to interact with people, not to read the books they are reading. So next time you feel like sharing a post you have seen try to include a few words about what you are thinking (even if it is to say “If this is true it is wonderful”).