{"id":1356175,"date":"2022-03-03T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356175"},"modified":"2022-03-03T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:09:13","slug":"democrats-dont-deserve-credit-for-adopting-the-covid-policies-they-insisted-would-kill-grandmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-dont-deserve-credit-for-adopting-the-covid-policies-they-insisted-would-kill-grandmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Don\u2019t Deserve Credit For Adopting The Covid Policies They Insisted Would Kill Grandmas"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdemocrats-dont-deserve-credit-for-adopting-the-covid-policies-they-insisted-would-kill-grandmas%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=1356175&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\/03\/31542381597_bdbd64aa1c_k.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The corporate media and U.S. politicians didn\u2019t miss a beat jumping from the drawn-out Covid panic of the past two years to panicking about impending war with Russia over Ukraine. But while media distracts with war in Europe, Democrats from the White House to American cities have been quietly adopting the common-sense Covid policies that conservatives have championed this whole time, and which the Covid panic cabal shamed and censored us for ad nauseam. They don\u2019t deserve to get away without a massive \u201cwe told you so.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"kSDMvx0j8aVP6Uh2Z9FBAsG1uEn4gHczrIJ7CeqoYliQTm5KyOpLbWtX\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They really just dropped the COVID panic all at once as soon as they had Russia to replace it with. I mean it&#8217;s not even subtle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1498470127544721409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After blaming Covid on the unvaccinated and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/21\/as-his-presidency-founders-biden-scapegoats-the-unvaccinated\/\">threatening<\/a> them with a \u201cwinter of severe illness and death,\u201d Biden used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to pretend it wasn\u2019t himself and his fellow Democrats making Covid a partisan issue all along. \u201cLet\u2019s stop seeing each other as enemies,\u00a0and start seeing each other for who we really are:\u00a0Fellow Americans,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>He also invoked the opening of schools and businesses, a position many conservatives have held for at least a year and a half. \u201cTonight I can say we are moving forward safely, back to more normal routines,\u201d said the president, two years into ruined businesses, schooling, and other consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s hogwash speech came just days after his Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conveniently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/25\/health\/cdc-mask-guidance.html\">updated<\/a> their guidelines. \u201cThe new guidelines suggest that 70 percent of Americans can now stop wearing masks, and no longer need to social distance or avoid crowded indoor spaces,\u201d reported The New York Times, noting the new rules only recommend masking in high-risk areas, and would allow eased restrictions in most schools. The Capitol physician also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/27\/politics\/capitol-hill-mask-mandate\/index.html\">abandoned<\/a> Capitol Hill\u2019s mask mandate \u2014 just in time for Biden\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser let her vaccine mandate for indoor venues expire mid-February, and the indoor mask mandate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/coronavirus\/dc-drops-mask-mandates\/2972028\/\">expired<\/a> on Tuesday. While students are no longer required to wear masks outside at school, the classroom mask mandate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2022\/03\/01\/dc-schools-mask-mandate\/\">remains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of New York City on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-york-to-lift-school-mask-mandate-11645995503\">announced<\/a> plans to lift school mask mandates and the vaccine mandate for restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues. By the next day, California, Oregon, and Washington all announced they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-oregon-washington-ending-school-mask-mandates-covid\/\">relaxing<\/a> mask mandates in schools and other indoor settings. This all comes right after Biden\u2019s polling firm Impact Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/democrats-turn-mask-mandates-covid-landscape-voter-attitudes-shift-rcna18043\">advised<\/a> Democrats to take \u201cthe win\u201d on Covid or \u201crisk paying dearly for it in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m all for letting the poor constituents of blue state autocrats breathe again, but this is not a win critics of lockdowns should accept quietly. These are the same people who spent the greater part of two years demonizing everyone who championed the very policies they\u2019re now adopting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"6FeuqRrB7lfX53WpvGgKsNnIQLci2boxYPHtZ4Cw10UkMASaDThdjVy\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fall resurgence of COVID-19 is here.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfortunate that House Republicans would be pushing now to loosen safety measures and allow restaurants to open up at 100% occupancy.<\/p>\n<p>Their lack of concern for the health and safety of Pennsylvanians is irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorTomWolf\/status\/1318684590651904000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was an especial target of the Covid panic police, as he spearheaded policies that reopened the economy and pushed back against mask and vaccine mandates. CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, and other outlets spun sob and scare stories making the governor out to be a child-killing villain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"ShKkYRD6t9wEUeOfzW15xcA0\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You may remember that, when DeSantis banned mandates, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> put together a heart-wrenching story about how even 12 year old kids knew that masks were necessary in schools.<\/p>\n<p>But when it isn\u2019t Florida allowing kids to be unmasked, we just get the facts.<\/p>\n<p>Why the change? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9aqWPqLLa\">pic.twitter.com\/S9aqWPqLLa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1491929838206263297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Joy Reid called DeSantis a \u201cmaniac\u201d and claimed she was \u201cin horrified disbelief that any Florida governor would condemn his own state\u2019s citizens to sickness and death, purely for his own political ambition.\u201d Six months later, she had no criticism for governors of her own political stripe following suit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"UdAXWmLgJTTjDGmPU82lFaMqkovGIhEB0JCQrAHH7DYeitgcwrPxWOs3uNLZ9y6ZzV4q9kQ4n8zeXS5ufjvKax\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That variety of concern bled over into the media. Just take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyAnnReid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joyannreid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When it was DeSantis, Reid was \u201cin horrified disbelief that any Florida governor would condemn his own state\u2019s citizens to sickness and death.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>That concern is absent when the good guys do it.\u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrH0DU2hEf\">pic.twitter.com\/MrH0DU2hEf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1491929885195091983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Charles Blow of The New York Times unsatirically <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/30\/corporate-media-once-again-target-ron-desantis-while-democrats-ruin-everything\/\">wrote<\/a> that \u201cthere have been multiple peaks in the G.O.P.\u2019s utter disregard for public safety \u2014 even the safety of their own supporters,\u201d adding, \u201cIt isn\u2019t a single mountain but a range. The death dealing of Covid amounts to the Appalachians of ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just conservative political leaders they\u2019ve villainized and blamed. You\u2019ve probably encountered dirty stares \u2014 or worse \u2014 too for just trying to get your life back to normal. Maybe your kids have been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/09\/god-bless-the-hero-schoolkids-who-refuse-to-let-mask-police-abuse-them\/\">ostracized<\/a> or denied entry to school for refusing to comply with mask theater. Or maybe you\u2019ve lost your job for wanting medical autonomy over your own body, or know someone who did. <\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, the same people who derided you as selfish, anti-science rubes are trying to sheepishly align with what you\u2019ve said all along. To top it off, they\u2019re trying to claim that as a win. <\/p>\n<p>It might be one thing if Covid restrictions actually worked (they don\u2019t), and Covid numbers were at their sky-highest when Republicans championed freedom-minded policies and had actually dropped off to minuscule levels now (not what happened either). But a quick look at the numbers will show that hasn\u2019t been the case.<\/p>\n<p>There were fewer than 100,000 average new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/us\/covid-cases.html\">daily<\/a> Covid cases (96,138) when Blow wrote his \u201cAppalachians of ignorance\u201d line in August 2021. That number was 60,335 in October 2020 when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf posted his tweet lambasting Republicans for their \u201cirresponsible\u201d \u201clack of concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the CDC posted its updated guidance this past Friday, the new daily average was 68,661. (It\u2019s also worth considering that fewer people are probably getting tested now, as Covid panic subsides.) Less than two months ago, the nation hit its all-time high for new Covid cases, over 800,000 every day, dwarfing any previous numbers. Yet, on the heels of that spike, Democrats are declaring that Covid is more over than it ever was when some Republicans tried to ease restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll hear them claim that transmission risk levels are \u201clower\u201d now, per the CDC. Funny enough, the CDC has changed its parameters for what qualifies as low, moderate, and high community transmission levels. <\/p>\n<p>The agency used to count 0-9 new cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days as \u201clow,\u201d 10-49 new cases as \u201cmoderate,\u201d 50-99 as \u201csubstantial,\u201d and 100 or more as \u201chigh.\u201d But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/downloads\/science\/Scientific-Rationale-summary-COVID-19-Community-Levels.pdf\">new guidance<\/a> released in the past week suddenly considers anything less than <em>200 new cases<\/em> per 100,000 \u2014 twice the previous threshold for the \u201chigh risk\u201d category \u2014 as \u201clow risk,\u201d provided hospital admissions and the number of beds occupied by Covid patients are below a certain number. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>So suddenly, places that would have been labeled \u201chigh risk\u201d a month ago can suddenly be lumped into the \u201clow risk\u201d category. Meanwhile, the Democrats declare victory over Covid. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let them do it \u2014 not until they admit it was their power-hungry policies that drove young people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-06-11\/teen-suicide-attempts-surged-during-lockdowns-cdc-study-shows\">suicide<\/a>, damaged kids\u2019 learning, stole jobs, left patients dying in facilities without their family members present, and pitted Americans against their neighbors. They\u2019re two years too late in adopting the policies they berated us for, and they don\u2019t deserve to get away with it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Elle Reynolds is an assistant editor at The Federalist, and received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. 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