As the World Health Organization issues a solemn warning about the emergence of Disease X, an unsettling question roams my mind. Are we as people trapped in a cycle of fear perpetuated by propaganda? I question the media’s intention if things are overblown out of proportion, or do they have complete merit in their warnings. This form of propaganda has detrimental effects on the mental health of their consumers, and I don’t believe we as a society have the capacity for another pandemic. Having recently just gotten COVID, my quarantine period ventured my new experience with Photoshop; as I couldn’t leave my room nor did I have the physical strength to do so.