Another example of not helpful political communication comes from the WHO.
"I hear the whole time: 'the vaccine is going to be the end of the pandemic'. Of course not!," the WHO's Hans Kluge said. "The end of the pandemic is the moment that we as a community are going to learn how to live with this pandemic."
At the same time, he is advocating for local lockdowns to contain the virus. So, his "positive message" of "learning to live with the pandemic" is lockdowns, social distancing, and restrictions on meeting people until kingdom come.
This makes even a considerate person like me want to burn my mask and join an illegal rave, as the "solution" promised is something society and human nature can not bear with.
If you want to know why a vaccine, according to him, will not end the pandemic?
"We don't even know if the vaccine is going to help all population groups. We are getting some signs now that it will help for one group and not for the other, and then if we have to order different vaccines, what a logistical nightmare!"
Yeah, right.
To me it seems like the WHO has gone off the rails since Trump cut funding, panicking that if they give any message of hope other countries might turn against them.