Ventilators, ventilators, ventilators. We need 30,000.

We're awash in messages, but some messengers are clearer than others.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

And if the White House messaging is confusing you, beware bogus science, too. New research papers are flooding

the internet, but to properly peer review, each one takes two scientists more than four hours each.

Four hours, two and a half reviewers, that's ten hours per paper, three million papers, that's

30 million hours. And so do that math. And by the way,

do we have enough scientists who actually know what they're doing? Also,

some thoughts on this week's big debate.

What's worth more?

America or Americans?

The utter collapse of the

country's economy, which, you know,

many think will happen if this

goes on much longer, is an intolerable

result. It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. And I'm Bob Garfield.

As overwhelmed as the country is in pathogenic threats, we are at least as a wash in messaging.

We can't know exactly how easily coronavirus spreads. We don't know the physical effects on the

average infected person. We don't know the death rate. Flatten the curve? We're not sure what

the curve really is. You don't make the timeline. The virus makes the

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