The regrettably outspoken and oft-mocked Washington Post journalist, Taylor Lorenz, has turned her scorn for all things sane on her own paper, blasting WaPo for pointing out the “critical flaw” in China’s “zero covid” strategy which has seen Chinese citizens locked down under horrific conditions while cases of COVID-19 surge.
“A coronavirus outbreak on the verge of being China’s biggest of the pandemic has exposed a critical flaw in Beijing’s ‘zero covid’ strategy: a vast population without natural immunity,” the Washington Post reported on Saturday. “After months with only occasional hot spots in the country, most of its 1.4 billion people have never been exposed to the virus.”
The lockdown measures have sparked huge protests across China, with citizens refusing to comply and calling on Chinese President Xi Jinping to step down.
Protests in China continue to escalate as demonstrators chant "Take Down the CCP."
These people are an amazing beacon of hope for freedom from Chinese communism. Let's pray in doesn't end in tragedy. pic.twitter.com/MBhePGgD6l
— Ben Kew 🐶 (@ben_kew) November 27, 2022
It was against this backdrop of human suffering and dystopian demands that Lorenz decided to slam her own paper for daring to suggest that natural immunity is a thing.
In fact, Lorenz thinks the United States should follow China’s lead.
“There is no lasting ‘natural immunity’ to COVID,” she tweeted. “You can get covid over and over and over again bc there are so many endlessly evolving strains and antibodies wane.”
“Also,” she added, “choosing not to kill off millions of vulnerable people (as the US is doing) isn’t a ‘critical flaw.'”
There is no lasting “natural immunity” to COVID. You can get covid over and over and over again bc there are so many endlessly evolving strains and antibodies wane. Also, choosing not to kill off millions of vulnerable people (as the US is doing) isn’t a “critical flaw” https://t.co/SFx4qocp8o
— SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK (@TaylorLorenz) November 26, 2022
The condemnation came fast and hard.
“Lorenz just out here cheerleading China’s welding people in their apartments lockdown zero covid policy and it’s all good I guess,” tweeted podcaster Stephen L. Miller.
Lorenz just out here cheerleading China's welding people in their apartments lockdown zero covid policy and it's all good I guess. pic.twitter.com/cXLInJAEmP
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 27, 2022
Journalist Kyle Becker challenged Lorenz’s grasp of the facts.
“Taylor Lorenz has no clue what she’s talking about,” he tweeted. “Natural immunity from PI has shown to be durable despite variants (Johns Hopkins, SA study), resulting in improved resistance to infection.”
“Big Pharma cutting her royalties to lie to people or is she just plain ignorant?” he asked.
Taylor Lorenz has no clue what she’s talking about.
Natural immunity from PI has shown to be durable despite variants (Johns Hopkins, SA study), resulting in improved resistance to infection.
Big Pharma cutting her royalties to lie to people or is she just plain ignorant?
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) November 27, 2022
Christina Pushaw, rapid response director for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, called Lorenz’s take “sickening.”
“Sickening. Washington Post ‘journalist’ and obsessive Covid maximalist Taylor Lorenz is now full-on defending the Chinese Communist Party’s massive human rights violations… just days after civilians burned to death in a locked-down apartment block in Urumqi,” she stated.
Sickening. Washington Post “journalist” and obsessive Covid maximalist Taylor Lorenz is now full-on defending the Chinese Communist Party’s massive human rights violations… just days after civilians burned to death in a locked-down apartment block in Urumqi. https://t.co/TPmaGVac7H pic.twitter.com/SuChwm4Sr6
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) November 27, 2022
Ten Uyghurs in Urumqi died in a highrise fire. The lockdown measures were blamed and thousands took to the streets in protest.
Over 10 dead including a three year old, in a fire in #Urumqi #Uyghurs unable to escape because their doors were reportedly locked from the outside by China’s covid enforcers.
This isn’t just an appalling tragedy. It’s state sponsored manslaughter.pic.twitter.com/gsO6IeieHL
— Luke de Pulford (@lukedepulford) November 26, 2022
It is this kind of tyrannical force and disregard for human lives that Lorenz is championing.
“Hundreds of millions of people living like slaves, testing every single day and having no personal freedom, i.e. Taylor Lorenz’s dream,” stated one Twitter user.
Nothing to see here, just @TaylorLorenz (I'm blocked) of the Washington Post defending China's insane, authoritarian "zero-covid" strategy.
Hundreds of millions of people living like slaves, testing every single day and having no personal freedom, i.e. Taylor Lorenz's dream. pic.twitter.com/7TALM35YxF
— Maxwell Meyer (@mualphaxi) November 27, 2022
But, despite her inflammatory, misinformed tweet, one user predicts WaPo will do nothing to discourage their divisive diva.
“It is common knowledge at WaPo that Taylor Lorenz uses the paper to settle personal & political scores but they do nothing because the misinformation she spreads creates epic levels of controversy that deliver epic numbers of clicks,” the user noted. “WaPo IS #fakenews.”
It is common knowledge at WaPo that Taylor Lorenz uses the paper to settle personal & political scores but they do nothing because the misinformation she spreads creates epic levels of controversy that deliver epic numbers of clicks. WaPo IS #fakenews.
— @amuse (@amuse) November 25, 2022
Republished with permission from American Wire News Service
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