{"id":1190066,"date":"2022-01-05T09:20:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1190066"},"modified":"2022-01-05T09:20:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:20:34","slug":"cnns-chris-cillizza-omicron-removed-the-stigma-of-coronavirus-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-chris-cillizza-omicron-removed-the-stigma-of-coronavirus-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#039;s Chris Cillizza: Omicron Removed the &#039;Stigma&#039; of Coronavirus Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fcnns-chris-cillizza-omicron-removed-the-stigma-of-coronavirus-infection%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=1190066&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Chris-Cillizza-ok-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">CNN political reporter Chris Cillizza believes the omicron variant has ushered in a new era of the coronavirus pandemic, relegating the \u201cstigma\u201d of infection to a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his own network pushing coronavirus fear porn since the pandemic began, advocating mask mandates and lockdowns while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-don-lemon-americans-shun-stupid-unvaccinated-people\">denouncing <\/a>the unvaccinated, Cillizza used a lengthy Twitter thread on Tuesday to observe the ease with which omicron infects people might make society less judgmental.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN races into action to circle the wagons around Dr. Anthony Fauci as America begins to focus on the origins of COVID-19 and who was responsible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qQ5WxKSNq\">https:\/\/t.co\/2qQ5WxKSNq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1397619376052965396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cExcept that, with omicron surging and lots and lots of people now getting it, I\u2019ve found some of these same people telling me they had it last fall or at the start of the pandemic or whenever,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhich is fascinating to me. Because it suggests that they were embarrassed or scared to say they (or their family) had it before.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to Cillizza, whose network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-don-lemon-americans-shun-stupid-unvaccinated-people\">featured Don Lemon<\/a> telling people to \u201cshun\u201d the unvaccinated, society appears to have moved on from judging the infected as irresponsible people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the stigma of getting Covid has worn off, and made people more comfortable acknowledging that they\u2019ve had it before,\u201d he concluded.&nbsp; \u201cWhich is a good thing! We need to recognize that getting Covid isn\u2019t a moral failing!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCillizza\/status\/1478556054938165253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Which is fascinating to me. Because it suggests that they were embarrassed or scared to say they (or their family) had it before.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCillizza\/status\/1478556057316347904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like, getting Covid was a sign you weren&#8217;t being responsible or careful enough. Not being a good member of society.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCillizza\/status\/1478556059346292739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Which is a good thing! We need to recognize that getting Covid isn&#8217;t a moral failing! It&#8217;s a super infectious disease that you can protect against, sure, but can&#8217;t guarantee you won&#8217;t get it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCillizza\/status\/1478556061388914691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyway, just an observation. Stay safe and stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCillizza\/status\/1478556062466908169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In many ways, Cillizza\u2019s comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/msnbcs-chris-hayes-says-moment-055041201.html\">echo that <\/a>of MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes, who said recently the omicron variant could mean society will learn to cope with the coronavirus like the flu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t orient our lives around the flu,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s closer to the level of risk that 200 million Americans, or less than that, are now dealing with. And then when you add in the sheer exhaustion many people feel, and I don\u2019t have to tell you this I\u2019m sure because you\u2019re feeling this yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN political reporter Chris Cillizza believes the omicron variant has ushered in a new era of the coronavirus pandemic, relegating the \u201cstigma\u201d of infection to a thing of the past. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"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-1190066","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\/1190066","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190066\/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=1190066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}