Talking Points Memo reports:
Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth encouraged healthy Americans to “have some courage” and defy social distancing orders in order to get sick with COVID-19. “Herd immunity is our friend,” Hegseth said on Fox News’ “Outnumbered” Thursday. He was referring to the phenomenon in which a sufficient number of people are immune from a disease such that spread of that disease is slowed.
“Healthy people getting out there, they’re going to have to have some courage,” Hegseth said, citing Texas as a state where “people are defying ridiculous orders.” “That takes courage, that’s not easy,” he added. “So I think that spirit, the American spirit, frankly, is in full supply and ready to go — if some of our experts and some of our leaders will just get out of their way.”
“Herd immunity is our friend,” Pete Hegseth says, urging people to “have some courage.” pic.twitter.com/IRVAJRLRS5
— Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) May 7, 2020
I wouldn’t be too fast to take medical advice from Pete Hegseth, though — Hegseth has claimed in the past that “germs are not a real thing” and said he hadn’t washed his hands in years. https://t.co/rXhAbRx8Y9
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) May 7, 2020
Another millionaire wants you to die for his stock portfolio: Fox News’ Pete Hegseth Says Healthy People Need ‘Courage’ to Get ‘Out There’ and Develop ‘Herd Immunity’ to Coronavirus https://t.co/KOzXe3iH8U via @mediaite
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) May 7, 2020