[vaughnegut]

A friend of mine in public health mentioned to me that it's not uncommon for second waves of epidemics to be less deadly, since many of the people most vulnerable to the disease would have already passed away during the first wave.

[breakfastduck]

I mean, that's just common sense, and something the media is actively choosing not to raise.

[mikeyouse]

This idea that the "Media" is this sinister entity trying to stop the spread of good news during a pandemic which the entire world has taken drastic steps to curtail yet which has still killed over 1.1 million people is just so silly.

[tfew]

The media optimizes for eyeballs and attention, and hence we see hysterical, inaccurate, and fear-based reporting. With all the noise they put it, it absolutely does crowds out facts showing that the virus is now likely less deadly than it was in the earlier phase of the pandemic.

"If it bleeds, it leads"

[nradov]

Technically this is know as "mortality displacement" or the "harvesting effect".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_displacement