In the wake of joke cop Taylor Lorenz calling out Vox founder Matt Yglesias over his joke about catching Covid on Father’s Day and long Covid leading to spelling errors, blue-checks have a brand new thing to be mad at him about.
Apparently, he dared to leave his apartment in New York City while infected with Covid:
Me after spending all day walking around in nice weather: Manhattan is amazing, why did I ever leave?
[checks real estate prices]
Oh.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 20, 2022
Journalism professor Jeff Jarvis wanted to know why he isn’t isolating himself indoors:
Shouldn't you be isolating?
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) June 20, 2022
Is it “really” a big deal though?
really
— dave.feed (@davewiner) June 20, 2022
Even Taylor Lorenz herself felt the need to jump in:
He should. People who walk around in public knowingly positive w/ a highly contagious deadly virus put those of us who are medically vulnerable at risk https://t.co/RAoVThDQZK
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 20, 2022
Do these blue-checks really think the millions of New Yorkers who got Covid just stayed indoors the whole time they were sick?
wow this dude's a really cool guy pic.twitter.com/gI4y58ROS5
— tom (@thetomzone) June 20, 2022
And why isn’t he following the science?
can't wait for the think piece about how his critics are science deniers (???)
— tom (@thetomzone) June 20, 2022
Well, since hospitals told Covid-positive doctors and nurses it was safe to go to work while infected, maybe these blue-checks should give him a pass?
So the CDC is telling hospital workers WHO CURRENTLY HAVE COVID to treat patients but unvaccinated workers are all going to be fired.
This is not about health or science!https://t.co/0e7U5wLMNS— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) January 13, 2022
Yglesias added this “update for the haters,” noting that he was walking around in “uncrowded places”:
Update for the haters:
Guilty of walking outdoors in uncrowded places, but not riding a commuter bus to New Jersey. https://t.co/0ARTleK6HK
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 20, 2022
Verdict: Nothing-burger.
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