Kylee Zempel of the Federalist looks into politicians’ changing attitudes about policies involving COVID-19 and kids.
When the forced masking of children and other heavy-handed Covid-19 restrictions were enacted, it was always understood that they would be lifted as soon as possible, said “expert” and medical analyst Leana Wen on CNN this week. “Circumstances have changed,” she announced. “The science has changed.”
This is a lie, not just partisan spin or a good-faith following of the science. It’s is a bald-faced lie, and it’s the same lie now being pushed by corporate media, the so-called expert class, and many Democrats as the framing for all their Covid-related backtracking.
It’s time to unmask the children. Why? Because the “science has changed.” Stop looking at case counts because the “science has changed.” If the people around you aren’t wearing masks but you are, it’s OK. You’re protected by your own mask because “the science has changed.”
These talking points from Wen are the same ones now littering the pages of our legacy papers and daily circulating the airwaves of the corrupt media-sphere. …
… The New York Tines, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post are suddenly saying it might be time to take masks off schoolchildren. …
… If you’ve had these very same opinions slapped with a fake Facebook “fact-check” or nuked from YouTube for “misinformation,” or if you’ve been steadfastly showing up at school board meetings to get your kids back in the classroom and unmasked after two years of an anti-educational circus, you know the science hasn’t suddenly changed. …
… The thing that’s changed is the calendar year. It’s 2022, and Democrats are beginning to evaluate the numbers: the number of months left until November, the number of vulnerable seats they stand to lose, the administration’s abysmal poll numbers that somehow just keep reaching new lows, and the number of voters they need to woo in order to maintain their razor-thin grip on power.
