So, no, Ted, this isn’t about “government propaganda…for your 5 year old!”. It’s about protecting older people who have been vaccinated but are still potentially vulnerable to breakthrough infections. It’s about unnecessarily endangering those who may not be able to receive the vaccine because they are immuno-compromised. It’s about giving the virus more chances to mutate in ways that produced the Delta variant. Which means that when you make a decision not to get vaccinated, it’s not just about you and “your own medical choices.” It’s about all of us. See, here’s the thing: Covid-19 is an infectious disease. While Cruz is just posturing for political gain here, he’s also wrong on the merits of his opposition to vaccines – summarized in another tweet over the weekend as the “right to make your own medical choices.” (Almost on cue, Donald Trump’s son Eric picked up on the Big Bird tweet because of course he did.) Rather than take Big Bird’s tweet on vaccination at face value – it was done in conjunction with a CNN Saturday morning townhall dedicated to answering parents’ (and kids’) questions about the vaccine – Cruz decided that it offered him an opportunity to score points with the Trumpist wing of the party that he desperately needs for his future national ambitions. Taking on Big Bird – I can’t believe I just wrote that – is pure virtue-signaling by Cruz. Or that Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of John F. The idea that Big Bird is some sort of Deep State propagandist is roughly as credible as the notion that Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer. According to the Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation Health System Tracker, Covid-19 was the 6th leading cause of death among kids aged 5 to 14 in September. (Sidebar: Before you tell me that kids don’t really get sick from Covid-19, do your research. See, Big Bird is part of a conspiracy to get your 5- to 11-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19! That damn yellow bird wants your kids to get a vaccine that will not only protect them from a virus that has killed more than 750,000 Americans but also keep them from unintentionally spreading it to parents and grandparents who may well be more susceptible to more serious infections even if they are vaccinated. “Government propaganda…for your 5 year old!,” Cruz tweeted. I had no idea!- Big Bird November 6, 2021 even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.

Bird), the Texas Republican senator lept into action.

See, after Big Bird, beloved face of “Sesame Street,” tweeted – ahem – that he had received the Covid-19 vaccine (“My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy,” wrote Mr. It’s hard to imagine how we all missed it.Īfter all, an 8-foot, 2-inch yellow bird is sort of hard to miss.īut, lucky for all of us, Ted Cruz is on the case!

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