Often people forget journalists are also first responders. They are at the frontline to bring you information needed to battle with the pandemic. Many of them don't have good insurance, are underpaid, and with no PPE. Yet they go out everyday to tell you what's happening.

It is indeed a privilege to 'turn off' social media, to 'take a break from news', or to 'look away for a bit.' Staff journalists and editors have very little options. Everything is covid news. Independent journalists are making daily decision between danger and no money for food.

If you are a #COVID19Pandemic news consumer, and if you have the privilege, pay for a news subscription from your local paper, make a donation to your local radio station, and consider to donate to a journalism relief fund. Help them. They are there so you can stay informed!