FOX Nation’s Lara Logan Argues Against Testing For Covid-19 Coronavirus Variants

Should you ignore an issue, will it merely go away? In a rant on the FOX Information present Justice with Choose Jeanine, FOX Nation host Lara Logan appeared to argue in opposition to continued testing for various variants of the Covid-19 coronavirus. She claimed that “in the event that they hold testing for various strains of coronavirus, we’re going to be locked down for the remainder of our existence,” as you possibly can see within the video accompanying the next tweet:

Umm, to start with, no actual public well being knowledgeable has stated that the pandemic will final ceaselessly. Again in 2020, many such consultants have been predicting that the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic within the U.S. would final via at the least some a part of 2022. That might be just like the time course of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which started within the Spring of 1918 and went via two subsequent Winter surges in 1918-1919 and 1919-1920 earlier than easing up within the Spring of 1920. Such a two yr plus time course is how lengthy it might take to realize herd immunity thresholds. Quicker Covid-19 vaccination charges might have shortened the time course however oh effectively. The emergence of variants just like the Delta and Omicron ones doesn’t appear to be altering this timeline.

Secondly, quite than lockdowns, actual public well being consultants have been advocating for issues like Covid-19 vaccination, face masks sporting, bettering air flow and air filtration, correct hygiene, sustaining bodily distancing the place attainable, and establishing extra complete testing, surveillance, and reporting techniques. It looks as if proper now the principle individuals speaking about lockdowns have been those claiming that the federal government will institute lockdowns after which arguing in opposition to such lockdowns.

Thirdly, not testing for various variants of the extreme acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Covid-19 coronavirus could be a bit like telling a soccer workforce: “whereas enjoying within the sport, don’t take a look at the sphere or the opposite workforce.” Didn’t Solar Tzu say one thing like “know thy enemy” quite than “ignore thy enemy” or “don’t take a look at the enemy” within the ebook The Artwork of Conflict? Extra details about the virus may also help higher information the general public well being response and implementation of prevention, management, and remedy measures. Not sufficient testing, surveillance, and knowledge sharing is what bought us into this pandemic within the first place.

As you possibly can see, Logan continued by saying, “I had most cancers, my oncologist is a specialist in bone most cancers and you recognize each oncologist that offers with bone most cancers identifies tons of of coronaviruses inside our bones.”

Huh? What’s Logan speaking about and what does this need to do with Covid-19 coronavirus variants? It’s troublesome to know what an oncologist might have stated with out, you recognize, having the precise oncologist on the TV present.

Remember that completely different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 aren’t the identical as various kinds of coronaviruses. The SARS-CoV-2 is only one kind of coronavirus. There are a number of various kinds of coronaviruses in nature, most of which behave very in a different way from the SARS-CoV-2. Saying that each one of those varieties are the identical could be like claiming that each one individuals with the identify “Lara” are the identical. In reality, many coronaviruses can’t even infect people at the moment.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website explains, in addition to the SARS-CoV-2, there are six different coronaviruses that may infect people: 229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, MERS-CoV (which may trigger Center East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS) and SARS-CoV (which may trigger extreme acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS). Even among the many coronaviruses that may infect people, sure varieties usually solely trigger comparatively gentle cold-like signs. Inside every kind of coronavirus, there are genetic variants. The Delta and Omicron variants which have been within the information currently are genetic variations of particularly the SARS-CoV-2 and never various kinds of coronaviruses. So whenever you say coronaviruses, be particular about which sort you imply.

Nonetheless, Logan asserted, “They’ve created an issue that may by no means truly be solved to allow them to justify no matter it’s they wish to do. Should you go searching you, every thing is falling aside. Even the vote audits are going forward, Durham is shifting forward.”

Then her rant pivoted to Covid-19 vaccines: “Over time individuals can see that the vaccines don’t have anything to do with Trump or left or proper. Many Black individuals don’t wish to get vaccinated. You can’t justify dropping 3-5,000 border patrol brokers, 12,000 pilots, for one thing that has the demise price of flu.”

Wasn’t this flu comparability debunked a very long time in the past? Why is it being recycled like a ripped pair of soiled underwear that was already thrown within the rubbish? Covid-19 will not be the identical because the flu. The demise price for Covid-19 will not be the identical because the seasonal flu. To this point, the demise price for Covid-19 has been considerably larger than the flu. Plus, the flu doesn’t usually provide you with lengthy Covid.

Logan rant has helped her identify “Lara Logan” pattern on Twitter. However that’s not the one motive. As you possibly can see right here, Logan’s identify was trending with “Mengele”:

Uh, oh, that’s not a great signal to have your identify pattern with Nazi physician Joseph Mengele. Through the Holocaust, Mengele dedicated quite a few atrocities, experimenting on human beings. Once you someway hyperlink somebody’s identify to Mengele, you possibly can’t simply say, “simply joking” or “no offense” later to that individual. So it might be higher to not use Mengele’s identify within the first place.

But, lo and behold, the next tweet has a video of Logan invoking Mengele when speaking about Anthony Fauci, MD:

Yep, Logan truly stated, “And so in that second, what you see on Dr Fauci, that is what individuals say to me, that he doesn’t symbolize science to them. He represents Josef Mengele, Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi physician who did experiments on Jews in the course of the second world struggle and within the focus camps, and I’m speaking about individuals all the world over are saying this.” Once more, Logan someway talked about in the identical sentence Mengele and Fauci, the Director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Ailments (NIAID) and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President, who has been making an attempt to assist the nation management the unfold of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

As you possibly can see, the Auschwitz Memorial responded to the tweet and so did others resembling tennis legend Martina Navratilova:

the tune that goes, “do not know a lot about historical past, do not know a lot biology, do not know a lot a couple of science ebook, don’t a lot concerning the French I took?” Properly, French wasn’t the difficulty throughout these the 2 aforementioned TV segments.

In the end, the lesson right here is that extra correct data is healthier. And inaccurate data might be very dangerous. Why would you not wish to discover out when a extra harmful Covid-19 coronavirus variant has emerged and is spreading? Wouldn’t that be like saying, “don’t inform me concerning the fires or rats which might be rising in my home?” Within the case of the Covid-19 coronavirus and lots of different public well being points, ignoring an issue is not going to make it merely go away. As a substitute, that downside can simply hold multiplying and spreading.