Anthony Fauci, 81, will not attend this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner because of his own personal risk of catching Covid:
>> @oliverdarcy and @kaitlancollins' scoop: Dr. Anthony Fauci backs out of WHCA dinner over Covid concerns https://t.co/ReHdOIPIS1 pic.twitter.com/yCEYEXQce5
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 27, 2022
From the Reliable Sources newsletter:
The nation’s top doctor will no longer be attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this Saturday. Dr. Anthony Fauci had been invited to attend as a guest of ABC News and had planned on going, sources familiar with the matter told Kaitlan Collins and me. But he recently decided to abandon those plans and inform ABC that he would no longer attend because of an individual assessment of his own personal risk, the sources said. Fauci’s decision comes amid concerns that the event could become a superspreader like the annual Gridiron Dinner held weeks ago, even though the WHCA is taking all the expected Covid precautions. Fauci’s decision also comes as the omicron sub-variant sweeps the nation…
If it’s not safe for 81-year-old Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top expert on all this, how is it safe from 79-year-old Joe Biden to go?
Well, that’s not a confidence builder: Just days before the White House Correspondents dinner, Dr. Fauci backs out of attending due to Covid concerns. Scoop from tonight’s @ReliableSources newsletter: https://t.co/3LxHyV8uDt pic.twitter.com/es5vs8uLyR
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) April 27, 2022
And we eagerly await comments from all the journos who elevated Fauci to god-like status over the past two years. Are you guys just going to stop following the science now that it impacts *your* Nerd Prom?
Help me square this, those of you journos who bought Fauci candles and panties. Is this a pandemic or not? If Fauci says he's not attending Nerd Prom because of covid danger, then why are you going?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 27, 2022
Over to you, Steven Portnoy, head of the WHCA: “Why are you still going through with it?”
.@stevenportnoy The leading health official in the country won't attend your dinner over Covid concerns, despite being quadruple vaccinated. Why are you still going through with it? pic.twitter.com/9PKx6eTSC7
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 27, 2022
It’s the SCIENCE!
@stevenportnoy Do you listen to science or not?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 27, 2022
Might we make a suggestion? Do it on Zoom, just like they did to our kids:
Do it virtually on Zoom, just like Fauci did to our kids. It's the same experience, right? Why do they need to be in person anyway? https://t.co/1mLjR1rhXU
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) April 27, 2022
As an added bonus, that would cut their carbon footprint! A lib win-win. . .
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