Mainstream media resorts to shaming, insulting unvaccinated Americans as COVID surges

FDA vaccine advisory board member Dr. Paul Offit explains the ‘unrealistic expectation’ for vaccines to protect against mild illness.The mainstream media has resorted to shaming and insulting unvaccinated Americans as the ongoing COVID pandemic surges, but medical professionals don’t think the "substandard" tactic is appropriate unless the ultimate goal is to further divide the nation. The opinion column titled "Macron is right: It’s time to make life a living hell for anti-vaxxers," was the latest example of liberal journalists and news organizations calling for Americans who declined the COVID vaccine to be treated poorly. WAPO COLUMNIST: IT'S TIME TO MAKE LIFE A 'LIVING HELL' FOR THE UNVACCINATED"Shaming people does not change behavior, and in fact, it can get them more entrenched in their current behavior," Dr. Ely told Fox News Digital. MACRON MAINTAINS RUDE REMARKS ABOUT FRANCE'S UNVACCINATED POPULATION"At some point, I feel like people who are willfully unvaccinated, fine, don’t get vaccinated, but they need to pay a little bit more of the cost of what this is doing to our system," Reid told viewers on Tuesday before noting that other countries punish the unvaccinated by handing out fines, refusing to pay for COVID tests and withholding paid sick leave. "On the other, those who have deliberately flouted sober medical advice by refusing a vaccine known to reduce the risk of serious disease from the virus, including the risk to others, and end up in the hospital or the grave can be viewed as receiving their just deserts."LA TIMES COLUMNIST SAYS PUBLICLY MOCKING DEATHS OF ANTI-VAXXERS' IS 'NECESSARY' TO CREATE 'TEACHABLE MOMENTS'Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News contributor, was hesitant to address the recent rhetoric by outlets such as the Post, MSNBC and L.A. Times because "anybody that would make a statement like that is disqualifying themselves from serious discourse," and dismissed the polarizing columns as "insensitive and purely political." He feels people should get vaccinated."Whether you want to decrease your risk of ending up in a hospital, that's a personal choice. Biden has regularly referred to the "pandemic of the unvaccinated."Dr. Nicole Saphier, also a Fox News contributor and author of "Make America Healthy Again," said the omicron variant is forcing Americans to rethink COVID.