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Coronavirus Needs New TV News Pose

Goodbye to Grainy Closeup

Mark Weitzman
Feb 26, 2022
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Coronavirus Needs New TV News Pose

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Whenever there is a Coronavirus report on TV, it’s almost always accompanied by a black and white picture of the virus as seen through a scanning electron microscope, or a colorized Coronavirus cell illustration created by the US government’s Centre for Disease Control.

TV news and other media started with the black and white SARS-CoV-2 image in January 2020.

Why do we even need to see what a coronavirus looks like? It’s not something we can spot and watch out for. You can’t see it on a surface or in the air.

It’s become a TV newscast tradition to show magnified pictures of viruses. The news has shown us microscope pictures of SARS, Ebola, and influenza, among others.

That magnified monochrome picture of COVID-19 used on TV and in other media may have made the virus scarier.

Now, Coronavirus needs a new image. 

Here are some kind and gentle Coronavirus pictures that TV news could use with their reports.

COVID-19 Ballooning

Coronavirus Kittens

COVID-19 Bubble Bath

Coronavirus Sports and Leisure

COVID Bicycle Helmets

The experts say COVID-19 is going to be here forever. 

If the media would update to a friendlier Coronavirus image the pandemic might not continue to be scary.



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