To Fox News Viewers, The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Now One Big Joke

Watching Sean Hannity won’t just make you stupid, it might actually get you killed.

by Ben Cohen

The seemingly never ending winter is over, there is a new administration in power, and vaccine distribution is ramping up at breakneck speed. Our battle with the Coronavirus is beginning to pay dividends, and there is real light at the end of the tunnel. That being said almost 1,000 people a day are still dying from COVID-19 — an astonishing number that should command pretty much all of our attention.

Liberal America is still paying attention to this. In my neighborhood in Takoma Park, Maryland, the infection rate is low, but almost everyone still wears a mask outside. Families are still isolating, relatives haven’t been seen in many months, and daily life is nowhere near back to normal. Everyone we know follows the CDC’s advice, checks the latest news on the pandemic status from reputable news sources, and gets their medical advice from actual doctors.

This is decidedly not the case in Fox News’s America. According to recently polling, a third of all Republicans are not wi…