'This is fear porn': Sam Stein says the 'next few weeks are going to be a [Covid] horror show I fear'

Greg P. | 9:45 AM on December 16, 2021

Politico’s Sam Stein reports “The sheer number of anecdotal COVID related infections, disruptions, warning signs today is pretty chilling” and that the “Next few weeks are going to be a horror show I fear”:

The sheer number of anecdotal COVID related infections, disruptions, warning signs today is pretty chilling. Next few weeks are going to be a horror show I fear.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 16, 2021

In other words, “This is fear porn” and “If you’re vaccinated, ignore this”:

If you're vaccinated, ignore this. This is fear porn. Ignore it. This is crazy. Ignore this. This ends or it doesn't. If NYC and DC want to vaccu-seal themselves in their brownstones, let them. Ignore them. This is crazy. https://t.co/GBWsHMiOzR

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 16, 2021

And is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis somehow responsible?

https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1471458098053271558

We warned them:

https://twitter.com/GPollowitz/status/1471457228314103812

Anyyway, this is what we get with a NY-DC based journo class:

This is a great example of what I mean when I say our corporate media could not be worse at COVID-related cost-benefit analysis. The hysterics that dominate NYC/DC should not have so much of a public voice as they do. https://t.co/uMiiHSAYPB

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 16, 2021

So, where does the media go from here? Brian Stelter writes that they “must continue to highlight testing problems”:

Personally, for what little it’s worth, my view aligns with Reason mag senior editor Robby Soave: “Basically everyone is going to get covid eventually,” he wrote, “and when you get it, you’re either going to be vaccinated, or you’re going to wish you were vaccinated.” Coming down with Covid in December 2021 means something different than it did in December 2020. So news coverage must convey that and explain why. And the coverage must continue to highlight testing problems. Access to vaccines was a big story; access to testing should be, as well…

The part that drove me most nuts about Jen Psaki's dismissive answer about home tests was when she said, well, those other countries don't have to go through our FDA approval process. CHANGE THE PROCESS, then. That's what we did for vaccines and it worked!

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 10, 2021

Boy, we really would like the media to start holding the Biden administration accountable! When’s that going to happen?

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