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Bill Maher unloaded on the media and others who shamed anyone who dared question COVID restrictions because he says many people who broke with conventional wisdom were right.
The ‘Real Time’ host says he’s tired of people and the media excusing his mistakes during the pandemic, saying, “Well, we just didn’t know.” BM is not challenging them…he is saying that people who questioned some of the restrictions were considered “crazy”.
For example, Bill says the party line – that schools should be closed – turned out to be wrong, because the harm done to children by keeping them at home could be far worse than the virus itself. However, anyone who questioned this was considered a right-wing nutjob.
Bill says he himself was the target of media scorn for suggesting COVID came from a lab in Wuhan. He says that while there’s a good chance that was the case, he’s still waiting for her apology and a retraction, though he’s not holding his breath.
It goes on and on…masks on the beach, cardboard cutouts in the stands at baseball games, glory holes (yes, watch the video), etc etc etc.
Maher’s general point… we haven’t learned anything, so history will likely repeat itself.