Charlie Kirk says people on the right promoting vaccines are a ‘signal of virtue’

Controversial conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has attacked center-right figures for “signaling virtue” after asking Americans to get vaccinated.

Appeared in the Wednesday edition of Tucker Carlson tonight, Kirk spoke about receiving an email to be shared internally within CNN’s staff circle.

The alleged email forwarded referred to a report on unvaccinated Americans with a CNN employee apparently responding that people needed a ‘stick’ rather than a ‘carrot’ to get bitten against COVID-19 .

Carlson then said that a CNN spokesperson suggested the network’s mission was to play a role in vaccinating Americans.

But Kirk first denounced center-right figures for “reporting virtue,” an act of public expression of opinion in order to demonstrate moral values, by encouraging people across the country to get vaccinated beforehand. to attack CNN.

Kirk said: “It’s absolutely true, the other question is why all of a sudden in the last 48 hours there has been this almost coordinated effort on the part of the center-right people. of the establishment that report virtue, telling every person to get vaccinated while we start to see this disturbing increase in activity on the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database.

CNN shared a full copy of the email sent to Fox News with News week, who said, “This is a stupid investigation into a common American metaphor.

“The email, sent in error to Kirk, simply acknowledged that current incentives for vaccination are on the wane, in large part due to the misinformation efforts your program [Tucker Carlson Tonight] is surely familiar.

“Therefore, businesses, schools, employers and other institutions may need to develop regular testing or vaccination requirements in order to encourage people to get vaccinated and to create safe environments.”

Kirk’s comment on “signaling virtue” by center-right figures comes after senior conservatives urged Americans to get vaccinated.

Among them, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged unvaccinated Americans to get bitten against COVID-19 as the Delta variant has triggered a surge in cases across the country.

Carlson’s Fox News saw host Sean Hannity telling viewers to get the shot during a segment of his Monday night show.

Turning United States. Founder Kirk also previously criticized VAERS in early July when he spoke of people believed to have died after receiving the vaccine.

The VAERS database is a national early warning system that aims to detect possible problems with vaccines licensed in the United States. Anyone can report side effects, while healthcare professionals are required to report certain problems.

During an episode of his podcast, Kirk said, “If the VAERS is 99% down, that would mean 1.2 million people have died after receiving the vaccine.”

He later added: “If VAERS only calculates 10%, that means 123,000 people have died. “

Sensationally, Kirk added, “I’m not saying it’s true, I’m saying depending on how we calculate the VAERS, the independent study that was administered, that might be true.”

According to the CDC, reports of deaths after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. He added: “More than 339 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020 to July 19, 2021.

“During this period, VAERS received 6,207 death reports (0.0018 [percent]) among people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

“The FDA requires healthcare providers to report any deaths after COVID-19 vaccination to VAERS, even though it is not clear whether the vaccine was the cause. “

News week contacted Kirk’s rep for comment.