To wonder why there aren't more people and fewer graphs (covid)

[JudesBiggestFan]

The weird thing for me in this whole pandemic is how little we are hearing from the families of victims. We are besieged by graphs, whereas surely one story of a young mom who died after catching it in Tesco (or wherever) would have more impact? If they want compliance and people to relate to the risk, surely asking families to share their story/photos would be far more effective?

The guardian have done quite in-depth Stories on some of the victims:

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/may/28/so-much-living-to-do-stories-of-the-uks-coronavirus-victims

Because facts and science are better than soppy anecdotes?

There are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/not-ready-to-go-tributes-paid-to-uk-first-named-victims-of-coronavirus

It was posted on here and a few people slagged it off for implying their deaths were sadder than others.

Perhaps have a think about a time you were deeply bereaved and whether you spent your time agreeing to be badgered by the press, or not?

And then think about all the Covid deniers who dismiss the deaths, post nasty comments, and even send death threats/ police round to houses on hoax calls? Would you want to put your family's name out there for that?

I mean, there are many, many weird things about this pandemic. The fact that people are gathering and sharing data about it is not one of them.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52441285

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52676411

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/coronavirus-uk-victims-personal-stories/

Hundreds here OP.

I thought it was odd that they blurred out every person in the corona version of the itu documentary, surely at least one of the survivors or the victims families would have given permission

Here's a human face to a Covid story. Probably not what you wanted, as no Tescos involved. But young, and very sad.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/07/texas-doctor-adeline-fagan-covid-coronavirus

Im not suggesting it's weird in a conspiracy theory kind of way. Just that any charity that wants to raise awareness of an issue for instance would put an individual/individuals at the heart of it because people care about people. Children in need/stand up to cancer for example use VTs rather than just show graphs, presumably because people will donate more that way. Look how Jade Goody even now is used to encourage women to go for smear tests. It's not morbid or unkind...many many families want some good at least to come from the passing of a loved one.
And personally I would like a loved one of mine to be remembered as a face rather than a number.
I hadn't seen those links, so thank you.

Also I found this a very difficult but moving read:

www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/25/i-feel-she-was-abandoned-the-life-and-terrible-death-of-belly-mujinga

And personally I would like a loved one of mine to be remembered as a face rather than a number
... you say that as if you think that's unusual? Not following your logic there.

No way would I risk putting anything about a loved on in national media - I know I would hate that myself anyway - not in the current climate with harassment and trolling going through the roof.

People who don't want to comply will come up with reasons why the dead 'had underlying conditions' or were old enough that they were going to die anyway and that it's no worse than the flu. I've seen it.

@Mustfly

The weird thing for me in this whole pandemic is how little we are hearing from the families of victims. We are besieged by graphs, whereas surely one story of a young mom who died after catching it in Tesco (or wherever) would have more impact? If they want compliance and people to relate to the risk, surely asking families to share their story/photos would be far more effective?

Because it's a bit goulish to use the pain and suffering of families for political purposes?

This video was very powerful and has 1.4 million views, you can tell the effect it had on people by the comments (normally YouTube comments section is a sewer, but not here). Not sure how I feel about it being on a monetised channel though (one where the channel owner gets paid a share of the ad revenue):

Also, this story:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/10/coronavirus-denier-sick-spreader/?arc404=true