Some things you just can't make up.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who was on Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, appeared midweek on CBS Mornings where he informed the host, Jericka Duncan, that Monkeypox is mostly confined to gay men who have had several sexual partners.
That did not go over well despite it being a fact. Duncan obviously rejected his statement and tried to get him to modify it:
Osterholm was having none of it and coolly informed Duncan that his job is "to call balls and strikes. Just tell it like it is." He tried to explain to her that vaccines are limited so they need to be distributed to those who are most at risk.
Similarly, over on ABC's Good Morning America, the network's medical advisor, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who is an Ob-Gyn, was apparently reading from the same script as she grumbled about how that such politically incorrect talk could lead to "a community being stigmatized" and added, "We should be focusing more on behavior, not a community. Terminology matters."
I'm sure these journalists would have been equally concerned about stigmatizing a community if some disease was sweeping through Christians or conservatives.
In any case, something to remember the next time you hear how they are following the science.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who was on Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, appeared midweek on CBS Mornings where he informed the host, Jericka Duncan, that Monkeypox is mostly confined to gay men who have had several sexual partners.
That did not go over well despite it being a fact. Duncan obviously rejected his statement and tried to get him to modify it:
"This is not just men and women or homosexuals having sex, this could be someone who's heterosexual although, you're saying that's the majority. But, what is -- what needs to be done I guess to make sure that that group is not ostracized when trying to get the help that they need?"
Osterholm was having none of it and coolly informed Duncan that his job is "to call balls and strikes. Just tell it like it is." He tried to explain to her that vaccines are limited so they need to be distributed to those who are most at risk.
Similarly, over on ABC's Good Morning America, the network's medical advisor, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who is an Ob-Gyn, was apparently reading from the same script as she grumbled about how that such politically incorrect talk could lead to "a community being stigmatized" and added, "We should be focusing more on behavior, not a community. Terminology matters."
I'm sure these journalists would have been equally concerned about stigmatizing a community if some disease was sweeping through Christians or conservatives.
In any case, something to remember the next time you hear how they are following the science.
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