Far-right Congresswoman and prominent conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has repeatedly promoted bogus delusions about the COVID-19 pandemic that's killed over 750 thousand Americans, as well as the lifesaving vaccines against it which have repeatedly been proven to minimize its spread.
Greene has likened vaccines to the "mark of the beast." She's generated thousands of dollars in fines for refusing to wear a mask on the House floor. She's been suspended on Twitter for COVID disinformation. She's suggested shooting volunteers who go door to door with information about the vaccines.
So it sadly wasn't a surprise when Greene was on social media yet again downplaying both the severity of the virus and the necessity of intervention in a lengthy Twitter thread.
But in the process, she made an absurd comparison.
1. Every single year more than 600,000 people in the US die from cancer.
The country has never once shut down.
Not a single school has closed.
And every year, over 600,000 people, of all ages and all races will continue to die from cancer.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 4, 2021
2. Since #COVID19 tracking has started, 780,000+ people have died in 22 mo in the US, but more than 1 million still died of cancer.
More have died in 2021 from covid than 2020 in spite of Gov mandated widespread vaccines, mass public masking, & trillions spent. pic.twitter.com/HYO3PywFLw
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 4, 2021
3. It’s time to take a different approach based on the facts.
Covid predominately targets obese & older people.
Shutdowns, masking, and vaccines are not stopping covid, that is just government control.
Ivermectin, monoclonal antibodies, & other treatments are saving lives.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 4, 2021
4. To care about others & save lives, our response to #COVID19 should be working towards ending obesity, promote covid treatments that are proven to work, & stop the politically driven mass hysteria.
Allow people to choose natural immunity or vaccines, w/o discrimination.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 4, 2021
5. The Gov #COVID19 response hasn’t stopped covid & isn’t about saving lives, it’s about control.
If the hypocrites in charge wanted to save lives, they would destroy all Gov funded bio weapons & fund covid treatments like Ivermectin.
Also, fyi👇https://t.co/2oonIIyohR
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 5, 2021
Greene compared the highly contagious coronavirus to cancer, which is not contagious. There are also no vaccinations for cancer, nor does cancer only affect one system of the body, but has many iterations.
She went on to falsely claim that vaccines are ineffective at stopping COVID, despite a vaccinations greatly reducing not just the chance of contraction and death, but of transmission as well.
Greene's delusion generated a wave of fact checks and mockery.
I sat with my brother when he was dying of cancer related to 9/11. At no time was there a chance I could catch his cancer. IT WAS NOT CONTAGIOUS. @mtgreenee, you continue to prove you have no business engaging the public on any level. You are a fraud & honesty, not bright. https://t.co/TbP2chQO96
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 6, 2021
Does she think cancer spreads person to person or that viruses don’t? https://t.co/KgYfCj6Fao
— Esther Choo MD MPH (@choo_ek) December 4, 2021
Cancer isn't contagious, but I'd have thought if you really wanted to do something to reduce cancer deaths, you'd be pushing hard for universal healthcare and strong regulations on emissions and pollution. https://t.co/zvZ8a2NAVa
— Ben Fletcher (@BenSFletcher) December 5, 2021
because you don't give someone cancer by breathing on them https://t.co/KCToSFp1bw
— jordan (@JordanUhl) December 5, 2021
Cancer. Is. Not. Contagious. https://t.co/InfXkd3CWO
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) December 5, 2021
Who wants to tell @RepMTG that cancer is not contagious? https://t.co/cU3frvA2S0
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 4, 2021
People were astounded.
Irresponsible, mind-numbing stupidity from the 2021 Michael Jordan of irresponsible, mind-numbing stupidity. https://t.co/iw69253W3f
— Kim Mangone (@KimMangone) December 6, 2021
😂 These the type of people who tell us to shut up and stick to Ball. If she can compare Cancer to Covid then I’m qualified to speak on anything I want https://t.co/ePEXWCN4E5
— Adrian Amos (@_SmashAmos31) December 4, 2021
How to say ‘I’m an idiot’ without saying ‘I’m an idiot’ https://t.co/lQFKUBVBit
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) December 5, 2021
Greene has since called her critics "triggered" and moved on to other topics in her digital derangement.
