GASLIGHTING: HHS comms official shares poll on the J&J vaccine that doesn’t match reality

Posted at 10:18 am on May 5, 2021 by Greg P.

By now it’s pretty clear from the data that the FDA’s pause of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine cratered support for it.

From the New York Times via Nate Silver:

This was predictable but sure looks like no one wants anything to do with the J&J vaccine, even with the pause lifted.https://t.co/KzISbdszCc pic.twitter.com/TEBRpxSYL7
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 3, 2021

Here’s a different NYT article on the subject showing the exact same thing:

This isn’t a serious question in the headline. The disastrous decision of CDC/FDA to “pause” J&J is responsible for the decline and the consequences thereof: https://t.co/kuOJBoPBb8
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) May 4, 2021

And right now in Miami, Black leaders are *begging” people to trust the J&J vaccine again:

Miami Black leaders launch vaccine campaign to counter hesitancy after J&J pause https://t.co/sghh3QoRZ4
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) May 4, 2021

From Dem Rep. Fredricka Wilson:

Rep. Wilson on J&J pause and vax hesitancy for Black Miami-Dade residents:
“I think it hurt a lot. That’s why you hear me saying, ‘Moderna,’ and I’ll say it with conviction. I think that was a huge, huge hiccup, in the whole roll-out for President Biden.”https://t.co/fmen1blytk
— Ben Conarck (@conarck) May 4, 2021

Now, with all that said, here’s HHS comms official Ian Sams sharing a poll from Gallup that wants you to believe everything we’re seeing with our own eyes is wrong:

New Gallup poll: J&J pause "seems to have done little to affect Americans' reluctance to receive the vaccine, both in terms of the percentage unwilling to get vaccinated and the reasons they give for doing so, neither of which have changed since March."https://t.co/BqULJVRWyj
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) May 5, 2021

This is gaslighting, pure and simple.

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