LogFAQs > #976035437

Factoring politics out of it (a herculean and arguably pointless task, I know), it's the simple fact that seeing videos of the Twin Towers burning and people being crushed to death, burned to death, or leaping to their deaths plays on people's instinctual fears a lot more easily than hearing about a number going up on the news. Covid deaths do not have that visceral immediacy when it comes to instilling fear; most people simply can't comprehend how awful a prolonged Covid-related death can be unless they're going through it themselves, or have been bedside with a loved one who's died from something similar.