“We’re not saying there’s no benefit to the vaccine. [Editor’s note: Wait for it.] There may well be profound benefits to the vaccine. Our mind is open and has been from the first day,” Fox News host (and person who will be proven a hypocrite in 41 seconds) Tucker Carlson says. “We never encourage anyone to take or not take the vaccine. Obviously, we’re not doctors.”
Obviously.
“But we know lying when we see it [Editor’s note: He’s projecting], and you just saw it. To say again, in unison, and they’re all saying it, this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated is simply untrue,” Carlson continues. “That’s a lie. {Editor’s note: This is a lie.] There’s a massive discrepancy from that political talking point–which is exactly what it is. Thank you, Michelle Wilensky. Thank you, President Biden. And what the data in a lot of different countries are showing. Someone needs to explain that. Tell us the truth. People can handle it.”
In the words of Aaron Sorkin: “You can’t handle the truth.”
FACT CHECK: 97% of people who are hospitalized with coronavirus are unvaccinated. So Tucker Carlson actually is saying that there’s no benefit to getting vaccinated, which is wrong. That’s a lie. It’s not the truth. There’s a massive discrepancy from the political talking point–thank you, Tucker Carlson–and what the data are showing.