And news/social media were counting down to 0 oxygen and playing it out for drama, clicks, and profit. Absolutely disgusting, and much worse than any memes or jokes anyone online could've made about the situation.
Yeah, why not? They were perfectly fine with ignoring hundreds of migrants drowning after their boat sank near Greece last week. The only reason I found out about that is because I saw a meme bashing the media for ignoring it.