Everything is – or at least it seems that way. Almost every news report we see the word used. Funny how words suddenly like become like used like literally everywhere. It is almost unprecedented.
I am not sure why – I am sure Rishi Sunak is aware of how often the word is being used – so why did he choose to use it. And yet it is so misused. This is not an unprecedented pandemic. That would mean it has never happened before, and certainly Spanish Flu was a pandemic that was worse than this.
There is something about us that makes us adopt the language we hear. I am not sure if it is a peer pressure type of thing. But there certainly are “in” words.
And in the same way we seem to adopt social media posts that meet with the expectation of our friends. How many likes did you get for your last post?
A report I was reading today suggests that 800 people have died as a result of false information about the virus being posted. People have been attacked and killed. This isn’t just about posting things you feel are interesting – this is about posting things that really harm. A recent poll in the USA suggests that a quarter of Americans think Bill Gates is trying to implant microchips in them.
Like the old carpentry saying “Think twice, post once”.