As reported on October 25, 2020, “We’re not going to control the pandemic,” White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
Meadows argued that the administration wouldn’t get the pandemic under control “because it is a contagious virus, just like the flu.”
He also said Americans, including the president, should “certainly” follow CDC guidelines, but when it comes to wearing masks at rallies, he said, it’s not mandated because “we live in a free society.”
(Source:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/25/white-house-chief-of-staff-controlpandemic-432236)
A few days ago, it was announced that Mr. Meadows, the White House Chief of Staff, had tested positive for the coronavirus. A number of other people in the White House have also tested positive in the past week, and this adds to the people, including the President, his wife and youngest son, who have tested positive.
Everyone on the news programs we watch - MSNBC and CNN - and NPR have made the requisite statement that they wish Mark Meadows well, or don't wish him ill, or similar. But you know what, this sticks in my craw! These folks such as Meadows have bought into a herd immunity strategy that is now the official policy of the Trump administration. So basically, he has contracted the disease because that is the plan - everyone should contract the disease and then it will simply go away.
So here's what I wish the media folks would do: if they are going to report that people in the White House or the administration have tested positive for COVID-19, they should lead with the fact that the White House pandemic strategy is that everyone should contract the virus. Then they should not wish these folks well, they should congratulate them for complying with the administrations pandemic policy! (Keep in mind that these folks knowingly expose thousands of people to the virus.)
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