Fox News can’t figure out what it must feel like about the COVID-19 vaccine.
On the one hand, hosts such as Sean Hannity want President Joe Biden to personally thank Donald Trump for helping us create it. On the other hand, Tucker Carlson is quickly going completely anti-vaxxer, claiming that they are not as effective as they should be and may be part of a larger government conspiracy (claims that are totally unfounded).
“There seems to be some tension at Fox as to whether Trump deserves credit for this miraculous medical breakthrough that will save the world,” Seth Meyers said Wednesday, “or whether the vaccines are actually part of a sinister plot to help. .. do something bad, it is not clear what. “
From there it is Late at night host played a recent clip of “human catamaran” Tucker Carlson wondering how “necessary” it is to take the vaccine at all. He pulls his SNL-level impression of the Fox host, Meyers went on a lengthy rant that ended with a theory about vaccinations taking away his bladder control.
“All these questions have already been answered,” he said. You can save yourself the trouble of writing your nighttime monologue just by using Google. But he may not know how. That would explain why he always looks like Templeton, the rat trying to read Charlotte’s web. “
Meyers carefully explained to Carlson and one of the millions of older viewers who watch his show every night that the data from the vaccine studies clearly shows how “very safe and effective” they are.
“It is necessary to take the vaccine if, for example, you are not Tucker Carlson and you cannot do your soft TV work from the safety of your studio bubble,” he said, “where I am sure no one is allowed in. feet from you, even if there is no pandemic, because they could accidentally make eye contact with you and devour their souls. ”
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