Two months ago Heather McDonald wrote a piece about the coronavirus which went viral in conservative circles...and has not aged well. While you and I might feel embarrassed and engage in some introspection, not so for McDonald, whose conservative media gravy train keeps rolling.
McDonald's claim: the coronavirus threat is overstated and we did don't need a mass shutdown. It was the oppose of the "Cancel Everything" piece.
Evidence: Just 41 people had died. Ok, twice as many people have died in 2 months as traffic accidents kill in a year. Serious now?
Evidence: Just 41 people had died. Ok, twice as many people have died in 2 months as traffic accidents kill in a year. Serious now?
So McDonald wrote a terrible piece that was statistically illiterate and turned out to be wrong.
Has she shown any remorse for spreading a narrative that endangered public health?
Not a bit of it! Because she works in a part of the media where such mistakes do not matter.
Has she shown any remorse for spreading a narrative that endangered public health?
Not a bit of it! Because she works in a part of the media where such mistakes do not matter.
McDonald has a new piece out in the Spectator! Now she is criticizing the use of face masks. She has learned nothing.
Her big concern is "safetyism ideology that has jumped from the university to the public sphere."
It's always a university conspiracy with these people.
Her big concern is "safetyism ideology that has jumped from the university to the public sphere."
It's always a university conspiracy with these people.
McDonald can be absolutely wrong in a public and it does not matter. The think-tank sinecure, TV and speaking gigs, and writing opportunities will always be there.
Her conservative identity makes her a beneficiary of the very identity politics & affirmative action she attacks.
Her conservative identity makes her a beneficiary of the very identity politics & affirmative action she attacks.
