MSNBC Guest Zeke Emanuel Gets Ripped Into Next Week for Fear-Mongering ‘Misinformation’ About COVID – Opinion

We’ve seen a lot of leftist fury directed at Joe Rogan because they claim he’s pushing “misinformation.”

The real problem is that he’s willing to have people on his show who talk about things other than the approved narrative. That’s why they want Spotify to boot him. If they were concerned about misinformation, they’d be concerned about all the misinformation being pushed on the left, including things like Joe Biden previously claiming that people who were vaccinated couldn’t catch the virus. He appears to have stopped this now,

They’d be concerned about what former Biden adviser on COVID policy Dr. Zeke Emanuel said on Thursday on MSNBC to Kristen Welker about the Omicron virus.

Now, the White House has begun to push for vaccinations for children under 5. Emanuel was talking about giving the vaccine “under five amid low vaccination numbers for eligible children.”

“With the omicron variant, kids are either going to get the vaccine or they’re likely to get a serious condition of omicron,” Emanuel said. “I am confused about parents’ attitude. Five and above, seems like it’s a no-brainer.”

Kristen Welker didn’t seem to absorb what he was saying and didn’t push back on that comment at all, just going on to her next question.

But when you’re trying to sell the vaccine to people who may have concerns for their kids, you don’t help that cause by pushing such blatant misinformation. And you wonder why people no longer trust the ‘experts’ and the media when they push things like this? Kids either get vaccinated or they’re likely to get a “serious condition of Omicron”? This claim is supported by no evidence. Emanuel doesn’t present any evidence to support his claim.

The answer is it doesn’t exist because it isn’t true. The data indicates that it is not “likely” that a child will get a serious case of Omicron. While it’s certainly possible, he said “likely” if not vaccinated. Omicron can cause serious illness in everyone. Talk about misinformation. The White House was complaining about misinformation this week about Joe Rogan and pushing censorship — where is their comment about this?

Then, on top of that, he said it again and MSNBC also posted it to their site and Twitter. There was no concern over misinformation.

“With the omicron variant, kids are either going to get the vaccine or they’re likely to get a serious condition of omicron,” Dr. Emanuel says. https://t.co/neKBmMFZjN

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 4, 2022

The White House’s push for vaccinating younger children is being hyped up at the same time. Parents are not aware of the dangers. Where’s the Twitter misinformation flag on the tweet?

In science, we call Dr. Emanuel’s statement an unsubstantiated claim.

— Matthew Loop (@matthewloop) February 4, 2022

Gee, why do so many Americans think they’re being lied to about COVID and vaccines?

Because they’re being lied to. By prominent doctors ad the major media.https://t.co/AqSpgiZL7h

— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) February 4, 2022

I am being misinformationed. https://t.co/4EgeRlHNPD

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) February 4, 2022