The saddest part of the one-sided government and media blitz is how pathetically frightened are ill-informed consumers who believe they have superior information
Government habitually inflates disasters, hides adverse consequences
In the usual way that government authoritarians strive to never let a crisis go to waste, as we recall Rahm Emanuel's words, when it comes to natural (and unnatural) disasters, it's a numbers game. Don't be deceived, to them it is a game... a power game which, if the average citizen listens to the pervasive narrative, one where the people are the losers emotionally, economically and intellectually.
Not a novel concept among ambitious politicians, stripping the electorate of self-determination is core to data collection methodology devised by subservient government employees who've been coddled to believe they're in charge. To understand this scheme, it helps to comb through the statistics published by administrative agencies such as the CDC and Oregon Office of Emergency Management.