Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro posted a lengthy thread to Twitter on Friday detailing what Democrats and their allies in the media are finally &#8220;now willing to admit&#8221; about COVID-19.
In the eight-tweet long thread, Shapiro listed ten truths that have been repeatedly denied by those on the Left, but have since been admitted, including the truth about cloth masks, overstated case-counts of COVID-19, what type of protection the vaccine actually provides, and the people who are truly at risk for severe disease.
&#8220;So once it became clear that covid was not in fact a pagan god visiting vengeance on the unwashed Trump voters alone, the media and Democrats are now willing to admit the following,&#8221; &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show&#8221; host started the thread:
<blockquote>1. Cloth masks are ineffective against omicron (Leanna Wen, CNN); 
2. The vaccinated can spread and get covid; 
3. The death rate is comparable to the flu (Chris Hayes); 
4. Many people are entering hospitals with covid, not from covid (Fauci);
5. Natural immunity is a reason omicron hasn&#8217;t been as virulent (Fauci); 
6. We have to take into account societal needs, not just spread prevention (CDC); 
7. The asymptomatic should not be tested (NFL); 
8. We should focus on hospitalizations and deaths, not case rate (Biden);
9. Children are not at risk and schools should remain open; 
10. Covid is predominantly an illness affecting the immunocompromised and elderly and we should not shut down society.</blockquote>
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1. Cloth masks are ineffective against omicron (Leanna Wen, CNN); 2. The vaccinated can spread and get covid; 3. The death rate is comparable to the flu (Chris Hayes); 4. Many people are entering hospitals with covid, not from covid (Fauci);
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1476890055323144192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
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9. Children are not at risk and schools should remain open; 10. Covid is predominantly an illness affecting the immunocompromised and elderly and we should not shut down society.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1476890800118186022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Those of us in reality have been saying all this for months and most of it since May 2020,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But your political priors were more important than the data. You had to have your demonization narrative.&#8221;
&#8220;So welcome to reality,&#8221; Shapiro said. &#8220;And f*** all y&#8217;all for pretending you didn&#8217;t know this so you could have fun crapping on Trump and DeSantis and all your red state relatives.&#8221;
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So welcome to reality. And f*** all y&#39;all for pretending you didn&#39;t know this so you could have fun crapping on Trump and DeSantis and all your red state relatives.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1476891330873802769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
The author then hit on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Democrats pushing mandates and lockdown measures to &#8220;stay in your states and leave mine alone.&#8221;
Notably, AOC was revealed to be maskless and drinking outside in sunny Florida, where lockdown measures and mandates have been largely dismantled by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
&#8220;And [by the way], AOC and all you Leftist covid fanatics &#8212; those whose virtue signaling authoritarian lockdown nonsense that has resulted in millions of lives destroyed &#8212; stay in your states and leave mine alone,&#8221; Shapiro explained. &#8220;We chose data and freedom. You chose alarmism and unearned moral superiority. Stay in NY, NJ, CA, and the rest &#8212; and enjoy the actual paranoid nanny state you created among your friends who reward you for telling them they will kill their kids and grandma if they don&#8217;t panic.&#8221;
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We chose data and freedom. You chose alarmism and unearned moral superiority. Stay in NY, NJ, CA, and the rest &#8212; and enjoy the actual paranoid nanny state you created among your friends who reward you for telling them they will kill their kids and grandma if they don&#39;t panic.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1476892432025505794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
The thread quickly went viral online. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) quote-tweeted the post: &#8220;Epic thread read til the end.&#8221; He also posted about it on this Instagram account.
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Epic thread read til the end <a href="https://t.co/k3kNroNX00">https://t.co/k3kNroNX00</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1476932032332763156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
And Crenshaw was far from alone in offering an endorsement:
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Epic thread <a href="https://t.co/lqnO0oNpgA">https://t.co/lqnO0oNpgA</a>
&mdash; Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimMurtaugh/status/1476930020954279945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
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🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/p5hQBHWqAH">https://t.co/p5hQBHWqAH</a>
&mdash; Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1476946109314576386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Great thread 👇 <a href="https://t.co/Y2NCD6rK2E">https://t.co/Y2NCD6rK2E</a>
&mdash; Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GerryCallahan/status/1476945514272800771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
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🏆🏆🏆🏆 <a href="https://t.co/Q35aJTCihf">https://t.co/Q35aJTCihf</a>
&mdash; Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) <a href="https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/1476939256551522308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Thread <a href="https://t.co/XqTGR3tj79">https://t.co/XqTGR3tj79</a>
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1476926294365515783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>

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