{"id":1165977,"date":"2021-12-28T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T21:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1165977"},"modified":"2021-12-28T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T21:19:46","slug":"even-jen-rubin-now-admits-covid-19-is-not-deadly-or-even-severe-for-most-responsible-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-jen-rubin-now-admits-covid-19-is-not-deadly-or-even-severe-for-most-responsible-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Jen Rubin Now Admits COVID-19 Is \u2018Not Deadly Or Even Severe\u2019 For Most Responsible Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-jen-rubin-now-admits-covid-19-is-not-deadly-or-even-severe-for-most-responsible-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1165977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jen Rubin \u2014 the Democratic establishment\u2019s token \u201cconservative\u201d who rarely seems to hold any right-leaning opinions&nbsp; \u2014 announced today that \u201cwe can stop agonizing over \u2018cases\u2019 and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying\u201d because we now know \u201cthat covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is nothing new to many Americans \u2014 particularly those who actually hold conservative beliefs and critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>But, beyond the obviousness of her statement, it also signals that Democratic media allies are shifting their rhetoric on the virus to benefit President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer \u201cpro-voting\u201d Rubin \u2014 as her Twitter name states \u2014 advised Biden in her Washington Post op-ed today to quit worrying about \u201cright-wingers\u201d skeptical of the vaccine and let them face the consequence of their own actions. She also praised the administration and medical community for a variety of therapeutics and vaccines:<\/p>\n<p><em>Almost two years after the country first shut down to protect itself against the coronavirus pandemic, President Biden is grasping a changing environment, both medical and political. The result could well encourage responsible Americans to get on with their lives while allowing recalcitrant vaccine refusers to face the consequences of their reckless conduct.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On the medical front, not only have we developed multiple vaccines (including boosters), along with oral treatments for those who get covid-19, but we also now have far more reasonable rules for quarantine.<\/em><\/p>\n[\u2026]\n<p><em>He should continue to drive vaccination efforts and treatment breakthroughs, but he cannot keep wringing his hands over those who recklessly endanger themselves. Right-wingers who keep whining that federal mandates are intrusive (or even tyrannical) will see&nbsp;which&nbsp;Americans are responsible and which are not. It will be quite a reflection of the benefits of embracing scientific reality and tuning out right-wing nonsense and MAGA blowhards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yet those therapeutics have been created in spite of Biden, not because of any federal initiative.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), perhaps the most vocal and well-known anti-mandate conservative, was one of the main drivers of the highly-successful monoclonal anti-bodies treatment and repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2021\/09\/23\/governor-desantis-calls-for-biden-administration-to-restore-monoclonal-antibody-supply-to-florida\/\">criticized<\/a> the president for his mishandling of the treatments.<\/p>\n<p>As for allowing Americans to make their own choices regarding their health, conservatives have been advocating this since the spring of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Rubin presented her opinions as if she had reached a remarkable epiphany:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As we recognize that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans, we can stop agonizing over \u201ccases\u201d and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S4OQD7R58u\">https:\/\/t.co\/S4OQD7R58u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer \u2018pro-voting\u2019 Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1475851939371962368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For this, Rubin was mocked profusely.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Ian Haworth noted, \u201cLike @brianstelter, @JRubinBlogger is a member of our pseudo-intellectual class of elites who think that the first time they have a politically-advantageous thought, it\u2019s the first time ANYONE has had that same thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve known exactly what Rubin is saying for a year, btw,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brianstelter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JRubinBlogger<\/a> is a member of our pseudo-intellectual class of elites who think that the first time they have a politically-advantageous thought, it\u2019s the first time ANYONE has had that same thought.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve known exactly what Rubin is saying for a year, btw. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VT8KVF34Rm\">https:\/\/t.co\/VT8KVF34Rm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\/status\/1475910330001891332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writer and Claremont and Hoover Institute alumna Erielle Davidson tweeted, \u201cRemember when we were all called murderers for stating *exactly* this? They destroyed businesses, families, and lives. And not one person in our lousy, clownish ruling class will pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Remember when we were all called murderers for stating *exactly* this? They destroyed businesses, families, and lives. And not one person in our lousy, clownish ruling class will pay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SKVDgorF4L\">https:\/\/t.co\/SKVDgorF4L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicalelle\/status\/1475908387649040384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National Review\u2019s Nate Hochman noted that Rubin essentially just repackages whatever the White House puts out in press releases:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJen\u2019s columns are literally just whatever the White House\u2019s talking points are this week,\u201d Hochman said. \u201cIt\u2019s the most mind-numbingly boring genre of partisanship imaginable\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jen\u2019s columns are literally just whatever the White House\u2019s talking points are this week. It\u2019s the most mind-numbingly boring genre of partisanship imaginable <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hf59xUHi5p\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hf59xUHi5p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Hochman (@njhochman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njhochman\/status\/1475912261600350209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Virginia Kruta offered her opinion of what Rubin\u2019s piece really meant, \u201cTranslation: Now that we can\u2019t weaponize the death toll against a president we don\u2019t like, it\u2019s time to recognize what millions of Americans figured out around May of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Translation: Now that we can\u2019t weaponize the death toll against a president we don\u2019t like, it\u2019s time to recognize what millions of Americans figured out around May of 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ekpAoOGRxs\">https:\/\/t.co\/ekpAoOGRxs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1475889673776029697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were thousands of other reactions on Twitter, all generally pointing out that Rubin is late to the game in terms of understanding the virus is not as deadly as once thought for most Americans \u2014 even those unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin\u2019s updated COVID-19 view would usually<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Rubin \u2014 the Democratic establishment\u2019s token \u201cconservative\u201d who rarely seems to hold any right-leaning opinions\u00a0 \u2014 announced today that \u201cwe can stop agonizing over \u2018cases\u2019 and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying\u201d because we now know \u201cthat covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}