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Ted Cruz hits out at Sesame Street's BIG BIRD for tweeting his delight at getting COVID vaccine days after CDC authorized Pfizer shot for kids aged 5-11
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Posted on 11/07/2021 3:09:35 PM PST by algore

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and other conservatives have blasted Sesame Street favorite Big Bird for claiming to have gotten a COVID vaccine in what they say is propaganda to encourage kids to get the shot.

The fictional bird, who, according to Sesame Street lore, is eternally 6-years-old, tweeted his vaccination status on Saturday, writing: 'I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.'

He added that CNN journalist Erica Hill 'even said I've been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!'

But Cruz was among those happy with Big Bird's medical disclosure, and quote tweeted the comment with 'Government propaganda for your 5 year old.' Big Bird issued the tweet days after the FDA approved Pfizer's COVID vaccine for children aged five to 11, with critics accusing the character of trying to foist shots on kids.

COVID is generally believed to pose little risk to children, with CDC statistics showing that just 680 of America's 745,000 COVID fatalities are aged between 0 and 18.

Vaccines, while generally very safe, can also cause side effects including heart inflammation among kids, with some experts questioning whether the protection they give outweighs the risk of side effects, or the likely harmless nature of a COVID infection for young children.

The tweets also sparked criticism from other conservatives, like FOX News host Lisa Boothe who said it was 'brainwashing children who are not at risk from COVID,' and Newsmax host Steve Cortes, who wrote: 'This kind of propaganda is actually evil.

'Your children are not statistically at risk, and should not be pressured into a brand new treatment. Do not comply!'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: children; cruz; propaganda; sesamestreet; vaccine
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To: algore

OK, Ted...you lead the charge to defund PBS! We’ll back you 100%, it’s about time someone stepped up to do it!


21 posted on 11/07/2021 3:42:30 PM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
 
 
Raking in massive amounts of cash is a great motivation, being a tool to assist bringing about a "Great Reset" the jetset Eurotrash have been babbling about is another.
 
The details are apparently so secret the EU ministers aren't even supposed to know about them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00HRYQVgN1o
 
 

22 posted on 11/07/2021 3:50:02 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

BRAVO!!


23 posted on 11/07/2021 3:59:59 PM PST by laplata
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To: algore

they are working on getting it approved to use for the big bird aged kids too, under 5 yrs old - I think read that is coming in next few months


24 posted on 11/07/2021 4:07:27 PM PST by b4me (Repeated lies does Not equal TRUTH. )
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To: algore

They are depopulating the world just like they said they would. How many REALLY have taken the shot?


25 posted on 11/07/2021 4:07:59 PM PST by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com - Our ONLY hope! )
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To: OKSooner

that is the knowledge I cling to, since it seems I’m living through some evil soap opera where viewer’s know the villian and keep talking to tv screens to try to stop charcters from doing the wrong thing. (the characters are my loved ones, who have chosen shots for themselves and they have children just coming up on 5 years old. I am praying for their eyes to be open and do no harm to the children, I don’t know how any parent will be able to live with themselves. we already have plenty of grieving parents of teens who got shots.)


26 posted on 11/07/2021 4:13:40 PM PST by b4me (Repeated lies does Not equal TRUTH. )
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To: algore
How deadly is Covid-19 to children anyway?

Provisional COVID-19 Deaths: Focus on Ages 0-18 Years NCHS and CDC - Data Last Updated September 1, 2021

Age group - 0 to 4 yrs; 144 deaths

Age group - 5 to 18 yrs; 326 deaths

Johns Hopkins Study Found Zero COVID Deaths Among Healthy Kids July 21, 2021

calculating accurate IFRs is important. To generate the best estimates possible, a team of scientists led by Megan O'Driscoll and Henrik Salje collected data on COVID-19 deaths in 45 countries and nearly two dozen seroprevalence studies (which determine the percentage of a population that has antibodies against the coronavirus and, hence, the percentage likely to have been infected). Using this data, they determined sex- and age-specific IFRs. (See chart.)

27 posted on 11/07/2021 4:23:38 PM PST by TigersEye (Resistance is not futile!)
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To: algore

Does this mean big bird will now succumb to dying of aids, just like his creator Jim henson? Or will he die of the bird flu?


28 posted on 11/07/2021 4:24:39 PM PST by patriot torch
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To: Maudeen

“How many REALLY have taken the shot”?

Fewer people have taken the shot than they’re saying.


29 posted on 11/07/2021 4:31:59 PM PST by laplata
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30 posted on 11/07/2021 4:39:45 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: kiryandil

What we need to find is where they’re copy/pasting from, then clap back at them for being hapless parrots.


31 posted on 11/07/2021 4:45:43 PM PST by HKMk23 (The right of freedom of religion shall not be derogated even if the life of the nation is at stake.)
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To: algore

THIS is the real, local-level BS parents are facing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkZxbLT3KNI


32 posted on 11/07/2021 4:46:08 PM PST by HKMk23 (The right of freedom of religion shall not be derogated even if the life of the nation is at stake.)
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To: HKMk23

The thing was billed as a “Town Hall” and live-streamed, so parents tuned in hoping to have some dialog.

There was no actual dialog, and while some of the parents posted questions in chat that got taken up by the panel, the answers weren’t direct, and on-point but were met with the standard boilerplate-type answers; Vogons shouting “RESISTANCE IS USELESS!”

[H/T Douglas Adams, “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”]


33 posted on 11/07/2021 4:48:41 PM PST by HKMk23 (The right of freedom of religion shall not be derogated even if the life of the nation is at stake.)
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To: laplata

That’s my take on it. . .especially those who are mandating it. I mean really who in their right mind would take a chance on it now with all that has surfaced.


34 posted on 11/07/2021 4:56:04 PM PST by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com - Our ONLY hope! )
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To: algore

Doubt Carroll Spivey (RIP) would tweet that. The guy was very nice, met him and his wife at the resort he lived at. Every Sunday afternoon, he had Sundaes for the kids....


35 posted on 11/07/2021 5:39:48 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP conventional)
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To: TigersEye

I’d be willing to bet that zero of these children were healthy with no other illnesses. Zero.

Now, let’s wait about three months and see what the death count is and the lack of comorbidities.


36 posted on 11/07/2021 5:44:12 PM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: algore
What I want to know is ...

... was he vaccinated for bird flu?


37 posted on 11/07/2021 5:54:07 PM PST by x
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To: algore
This is completely irrelevant, but it made me laugh:


38 posted on 11/07/2021 5:56:42 PM PST by x
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To: algore

Libtards always go to bird brains for health advice 🤪


39 posted on 11/07/2021 6:46:15 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: cyclotic

Take another look at my post. That is exactly what a study done by Johns Hopkins concluded. It’s the second link.


40 posted on 11/07/2021 6:50:12 PM PST by TigersEye (Resistance is not futile!)
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