U.S. Rep. Palmer: COVID-19 threat being used to instill fear in the public — ‘More about control than it is about science’

Even as the number of individuals vaccinated for COVID-19 is on the rise, health officials are still insisting the stringent guidelines established at the onset of the pandemic are maintained or even increased.

On Sunday, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC that people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 should still reconsider indoor gatherings to eat or drink.

According to U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), keeping these measures in place raises questions about whether or not health officials are being guided by science or being guided by a desire to maintain control over the population.

“You know this because you’re in the media — the old saying, if it bleeds, it leads,” Palmer said during an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show.” “The more shocking, the fear they can instill in people, the better. That’s my concern. We know they don’t follow the science. If they followed the science, kids wouldn’t be required to wear a mask. If they followed the science, the schools would be open. I’ve gotten to a point where I, frankly, do not trust what comes out of the Democrats’ mouth. I don’t trust what is coming out of some of their advisers at the CDC and particularly the new head of the CDC, Dr. [Rochelle] Walensky. I have zero confidence in them.”

He added, “In Europe, they don’t require children who are traveling by air, train, whatever — the mask required is six years old and older. Here it is two years old. I don’t know if you have any children — it’s hard to explain to a two-year-old why they have to wear an uncomfortable mask. Now they’re talking about even though a substantial portion of the population has been vaccinated with one form of the vaccine or another — they want you to wear a double mask. Again, I think we’re to the point where it is more about control than it is about science. The loss of public confidence in these institutions, I think, is going to be long-term problematic.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly, and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.