Oh, boy.
CNN’s Chris Cillizza is getting dragged right now for this thread that’s certainly Self-Awareness Hall of Fame material.
Here’s the opener:
I've noticed something amid this Omicron surge that's made me reconsider the first 20 months of this pandemic.
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— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
We’ll warn you upfront this long thread does not read the way Cillizza wants it to read:
I'm not sure this reads like you think it reads. https://t.co/eFPkBgKbAR
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) January 5, 2022
You see, he’s revealing that many in his circle of friends are now admitting they contracted Covid previously but were too ashamed to tell people about it:
For months and months, no one I came into contact with admitted they had Covid. Not neighbors. Not co-workers. Not friends. Not acquaintances. No one.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
Except that, with Omicron surging and lots and lots of people now getting it, I've found some of these same people telling me they had it last fall or at the start of the pandemic or whenever.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
When it was the South, crickets. But now? Now it’s different:
This is hilarious. "It's different when WE get sick!" https://t.co/R8zjKCmj3s
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) January 5, 2022
Yes. “Fascinating”:
Which is fascinating to me. Because it suggests that they were embarrassed or scared to say they (or their family) had it before.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
No, we will not forget this:
He doesn’t realize it, but this thread is about how Democrats tried to shame those who had Covid…until they got it. We should never ever forget that. https://t.co/FPPGsN9wCd
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) January 5, 2022
It was declared a moral failing right up until Chris and his friends started getting it. https://t.co/zc7t76gOt8
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 5, 2022
The merchants of doom are now outright admitting how bad they are at their job. I present to you a thread of incompetence. https://t.co/kzjnNvp8qf
— Will Harter (@willisfx88) January 5, 2022
But, wait. There’s more!
Why? Probably not one reason for everyone, honestly. But I do think societally we unknowingly turned having Covid into some sort of judgment on your character.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
:et’s focus on this line: “But I do think societally we unowinlgy turned having Covid into some sort of judgment on your character.”
He did that. Not, “we.” He did it. And CNN:
"Unknowingly" pic.twitter.com/eda61ilVNQ
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) January 5, 2022
Is it too much to ask that he acknowledges his role and that of his employer in all this?
Like, getting Covid was a sign you weren't being responsible or careful enough. Not being a good member of society.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
The ubiquity — thanks to its contagiousness — of Omicron has changed that dynamic. Some of the stigma of getting Covid has worn off, and made people more comfortable acknowledging that they've had it before.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
It’s amazing:
Watching the coasts learn things… https://t.co/eFPkBgKbAR
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) January 5, 2022
Too bad he didn’t realize this “good thing” earlier:
Which is a good thing! We need to recognize that getting Covid isn't a moral failing! It's a super infectious disease that you can protect against, sure, but can't guarantee you won't get it.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
Anyway, just an observation. Stay safe and stay healthy.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 5, 2022
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