Wingers After Stock Market Dive: Hey, Maybe Vaccines Aren't So Bad!

By Susie Madrak — July 21, 2021

Why are they so suddenly worried about vaccines? It could mean so many things: That they really don't care about Trump anymore. That they're worried when the stock market tanks over the latest covid numbers.

If you own a right-wing media company, maybe you're really, really worried about lawsuits over all the covid deaths you egged on with anti-vax propaganda.

Like this guy, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy:

Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy Gushes Over Biden in Pro-Vaccine Op-Ed https://t.co/6pcDr01ITn via @YahooNews

— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) July 21, 2021

Whatever the motivation, suddenly they don't want the credit for the upcoming surge of covid deaths. Stories like this must make them nervous as hell:

This survey kind of went under the radar last week. At the very least, the sorting around QAnon, vaccine refusal, and the Big Lie has a clear correlation with willingness to watch Newsmax or OAN over Fox News: https://t.co/0dG35Gljlc

— Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) July 13, 2021

All I know is, something's going on when even people like Steve Scalise are staging PR events about getting vaccinated!

Some right-wing tunes are finally changing towards the vaccine — but how much damage has already been done? How many lives unnecessarily lost? 😷 https://t.co/YL7qUGn7FT

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 20, 2021

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