On COVID, forget 'follow the science' now it's follow the liberal media as they attack the CDC
By Dan Gainor
Dan Gainor: On COVID, forget '''follow the science''' now it'''s follow the liberal media as they attack the CDC | Fox News
The press loved the Centers for Disease Control — until it did something they didn't like. The CDC changed its masking recommendations and
suddenly found itself in a firestorm of criticism.
So much for following the science.
The CDC announced that fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks in most cases. Bashing the CDC became acceptable,
after a year of claiming the group is the gold standard. Mask advocate and "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski stressed that "If you want to follow the science," there were times to "still wear the mask." In her case that meant she stayed masked and angry to even be around a coworker who didn't have the vaccine.
CNN's chief political correspondent Dana Bash called the decision "very scary."
Time magazine said it a "baffling, whiplash-inducing decision."
Politico termed the move "a bitter disappointment to unions and other safety advocates."
Newsweek warned of "deadly new variants" under the cover headline of "WINTER IS COMING."
The far left just couldn't accept the CDC ruling. "
View" host Whoopi Goldberg asked, "What is it going to take you think for people to get comfortable following not just the science, but their own science, what is comfortable for them?" To her credit, co-host Meghan McCain didn't let her get away with that and responded with,
"I don't think there's your own science and then someone else's science. Science is science."
McCain called the mask freakout
"irrational and emotional." "But I really implore the same people that told me to follow science for the past year, you follow science as well."...