A Pandemic of Drama: How Gen Z Overshadowed 250,000 COVID-19 Deaths with a TikTok Scandal
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One of the most devastating pieces of news to date in regard to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic occurred on Thursday, November 19. “THE CORONAVIRUS HAS NOW KILLED 250,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S.” sat boldly at the top of The New York Times website. However, this stark number failed to make a blip in the radar that is social media. Instead, the Twitter trending page that day was filled with “Charli,” “Dixie,” “James,” “Trisha,” and “Snail.” What occupied the minds of the millions who participate daily in the social media sphere was not a mourning for the lives lost due to an apathetic response to a deadly pandemic on the part of the federal government, but rather, petty drama surrounding the
A Pandemic of Drama: How Gen Z Overshadowed 250,000 COVID-19 Deaths with a TikTok Scandal
A Pandemic of Drama: How Gen Z Overshadowed…
A Pandemic of Drama: How Gen Z Overshadowed 250,000 COVID-19 Deaths with a TikTok Scandal
One of the most devastating pieces of news to date in regard to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic occurred on Thursday, November 19. “THE CORONAVIRUS HAS NOW KILLED 250,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S.” sat boldly at the top of The New York Times website. However, this stark number failed to make a blip in the radar that is social media. Instead, the Twitter trending page that day was filled with “Charli,” “Dixie,” “James,” “Trisha,” and “Snail.” What occupied the minds of the millions who participate daily in the social media sphere was not a mourning for the lives lost due to an apathetic response to a deadly pandemic on the part of the federal government, but rather, petty drama surrounding the