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+##### Replying to Javier
+Hi Javier,
+I agree with your point about mental health not being covered enough by the media and talked about as an issue that we need to solve. As someone currently in high school, there is definitely more talk about these topics in and outside of class, but I think there is still room to grow. It is also likely that being in a progressive city such as Seattle results in more discussion on these issues, and there are many other places in the country that have much more distance to cover. I also agree that there is a lot of unnecessary coverage on the diets of celebrities and not enough on the real causes of the rising obesity rate. It also seems to me like there are companies or people advertising different solutions to weight loss that have not been thoroughly tested in an attempt to make money off of this issue.
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+#### Replying to Derrick
+Hi Derrick,
+I agree with you that there needs to be less of a stigma around discussing mental health issues, especially in professional environments. Especially with how large a part of our lives social media is now, more research needs to go into how if affects our lives. I also agree with your point that routine diseases don't get enough coverage in the news, and I think this is a larger problem that extends to much more than just disease outbreaks. There are often things in the world that are very dangerous and large issues such as wars and natural disasters that get overlooked in the media either because they have been in the news cycle for too long or aren't unique enough to warrant a story. I think that diseases are a great example of this, and some of the most deadly are covered very little because they are so routine, even if they also affect the largest number of people.
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+#### Replying to Kristionna
+Hi Kristionna,
+I agree with your point that social isolation is an issue that needs to be talked about more, and I think it is especially important after the COVID pandemic. There are many kids and teenagers right now that went through COVID during formative years in their lives. This is the time where many people learn how to be social and manage friendships and social interactions, and due to the quarantine many kids lost out on these opportunities. I don't think we've fully seen the results that this will have yet, and I think it is something we definitely need to focus on more. I also agree that media coverage on weight loss is often on medications or shots that advertise themselves as the best way to lose weight, while methods that are more beneficial long term like eating healthier foods and exercising more are often not emphasized or covered.
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+#### Replying to Hassen
+Hi Hassen,
+I think that your point is interesting about the media not focusing on issues like heart disease that have a higher mortality rate and instead focusing on other issues such as mental health. While I do agree that there should be more coverage on issues such as heart disease and their causes, one of the causes of heart disease is stress which is related to mental health. Especially with things like social media increasing the amount of stress in many people's lives, I think that mental health is an important issue to discuss since stress can lead to an increased risk of many conditions that do have a high mortality rate.