Yesterday we covered how, during a Wednesday Senate Committee hearing, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly suggested to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker that the high-quality filter systems they use are highly effective in fighting possible coronavirus infections on flights.
Kelly in particular made comments that triggered The Usual Suspects on the left and in the media when he told the Senators on the committee that he believed “the case is very strong that masks don’t add much, if anything, in the air cabin environment. It is very safe and very high quality compared to any other indoor setting.”
Now, multiple media outlets report that Kelly tested positive for COVID-19.
After testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly was positive for Covid-19.
While Kelly tested negative “multiple times prior to the hearing” he ultimately “tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home, [is] experiencing mild symptoms, and taking a PCR test,” a Southwest spokesperson said Friday, adding Kelly has been fully vaccinated and received the booster earlier this year.
It is possible that, had he been suffering from COVID Wednesday night, he may have shared it with others in the room, including Senators.
Now, we don’t know how long he’s had it or how he contracted it, and may never know.
But that didn’t stop the shameless bloodhounds at CNN from making sure to point out in their headline and tweet that Kelly “testified unmasked,” with the clear insinuation being that he must be one of those evil anti-masking types (and thus maybe “deserved” it?):
According to Southwest Airlines, Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines, was unmasked as he testified at the Senate hearing Wednesday. Kelly later confirmed that he had the coronavirus. https://t.co/OPGRby3lZ2
— CNN (@CNN) December 17, 2021
CNN anchor Ana Cabrera made it a point to be on the action as well:
NEW: CNN confirmed that Southwest CEO tested positive for HIV after she testified in unmasked testimony at the Senate hearing
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) December 17, 2021
As did CNBC, which ran with the headline “Southwest CEO tests positive for Covid days after unmasked Senate hearing with other airline chiefs.”
While CNN made sure to note in the headline that Kelly was “unmasked” while testifying (which is standard procedure for pretty much anyone who is speaking before a panel or in front of an audience, as Democrats and Republicans alike have done), what did they omit from the headline? The fact that he’s fully vaxxed and has the booster shot, which they did report in the body of the piece while also referencing what he said about wearing a mask when traveling in an airplane.
The discerning reader will note that Kelly’s comments about masks related to wearing them on airplanes that have the type of HEPA filters his do. It was clear that he meant that airplanes were safe enough without the use of masks, but that indoor environments might require them as they are less secure.
In other words, not necessarily “anti-mask” but not a proponent of advocating wearing them while in flight.
CNN readers jumped at the chance to see this despite that. Exact conclusion CNN wanted them to, with this Twitter liberal with a large following being a representative example of the type of “compassionate liberalism” we’ve come to expect from the left over the years:
Do you not love the “compassionate liberals”, who are able to laugh at someone getting COVID even though they have a political disagreement? He’s been triple vaxxed, but he still gets serious cases. Will this make him laugh? https://t.co/GJvtHcVk20
— Sister Toldjah 😁 (@sistertoldjah) December 17, 2021
Again, it’s not known where he got it or when, but of course popping off half-cocked and with the facts is about par for the course for this bunch.
Relatedly, CNN mask/vaccine shamer Brianna Keilar managed to catch COVID even though we’ve been reliably informed that outside of her CNN segments where she’s maskless that she’s normally quadruple masked and is vaxxed up to the hilt (that’s only a slight exaggeration):
My symptoms include covid. I am grateful to be double-vaccinated, boosted and protected. Be aware of possible exposures before you invite friends or family.
— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) December 17, 2021
Strange how one their own reporters will notice that the pilot got COVID, despite having been fully vaccinated. But her network won’t mention this in the headline/tweet Teaser about Southwest Airlines CEO. Which is the majority of the news people get from Twitter. I mean between this a how a number of CNNers attacked Southwest after the controversy over the pilot who allegedly said “let’s go, Brandon” over his airplane’s intercom system, it’s almost like they have something personal against Southwest?
CNN is more than just a news site. It is notIt is not a news agency. They really should have their Twitter suspended or at the very least flagged for misinformation (on this and many other instances where they’ve done similar things). But of course, the rules don’t apply to them because they are Part of the group of liberal elites who comes up with the “rules” – rules that they rarely if ever apply to themselves.
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