Conservative talk show host Clay Travis tweeted: "Anyone who has bothered to look at the data has, of course, known this for two years. "In this clip, @JakeTapper is absolutely right that counting all people in the hospital WITH COVID as being there FOR COVID is wildly misleading -- especially since it applies to close to 50% -- but it's so striking how many arguments that were long taboo are now all being aired. https://t.co/3F6P7fxnJjMedia Research Center TV managing editor Brittany Hughes tweeted: "Imagine it taking you two years to figure this out."
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 10, 2022
Conservative strategist Greg Price said many have "turned on a dime" and "acknowledged the things 'conspiracy theorists' have been saying for two years were true."
In sharing the clip, journalist Glenn Greenwald said it "is absolutely right" that Tapper's description of counting all those in hospital with COVID as being there for COVID "is wildly misleading," adding "It's so striking how many arguments that were long taboo are now all being aired."
The Washington Post noted that Walensky's latest comments, which have been leapt on by figures on the right to argue against COVID mitigation measures, come as she sought media consultant advice on how to present a consistent message on the pandemic.
Must be hard to present a consistent message when one is constantly having to lie and contradict oneself in order to cover up those lies.
Walensky had previously faced criticism for telling ABC News it was "really encouraging" that 75 percent of vaccinated people who were dying from coronavirus had four or more comorbidities.
Some Twitter users said the comments were disrespectful toward disabled or chronically ill people. In response, Walensky later tweeted "We must protect people with comorbidities from severe #COVID19."
"It looked like chaos when groups of young people dashed from cars into the Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco's Union Square and ran off with luxury purses, bags, and designer wear.So begins an LA Times story about events that are happening around the US that are being called "smash-and-grabs."
"A few days later, about 80 people stormed through a Walnut Creek mall, stealing expensive items before fleeing. At L.A.'s Grove shopping mall not long after, a smaller group used sledgehammers on a Nordstrom.
"But California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said the group crimes are rooted in a kind of organized crime. Those dashing into the stores are mostly foot soldiers for others calling the shots from a safe distance."
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers. Airport officials shut down security checkpoints at the biggest terminal in Phoenix and schools across the nation struggle to find teachers for their classrooms.
The current explosion of omicron-fueled coronavirus infections in the U.S. is causing a breakdown in basic functions and services — the latest illustration of how COVID-19 keeps upending life more than two years into the pandemic.
Comment: Interestingly, Bulgaria's establishment has managed to persuade just 27% of its people into suffering a Covid jab, on par with nearby Bosnia, also at 27%, and it's immediate neighbour, Romania, did little better with 33%. It's telling that citizens of these countries have on the whole rejected the experimental jabs, despite a globally coordinated fearmongering campaign that was so effective elsewhere, and that might be because many of these people have learned the hard way that one should be wary of a government that claims to have your best interests at heart whilst also threatening you with draconian punishments if you do not comply with their nonsensical orders:
- 73% of Bosnians reject Covid jabs, ignore lockdown & quarantine restrictions
- 67% of Romanians reject covid vaccine offer, majority mistrust government, fear 'liberty is in danger'
- HUGE protests erupt across Europe against Covid vaccine mandates & lockdowns
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