Fred Piccolo, spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis, deactivated his Twitter account Wednesday after he tweeted in the middle of night that photos of each dead COVID-19 victim should be balanced with 99 photos of people who survive the disease.
In response to a Reuters photo gallery on COVID-19, Piccolo wrote, “I’m wondering since 99% [of] Covid patients survive shouldn’t you have 99 photos of survivors for every one fatality? Otherwise you’re just trying to create a narrative that is not reality.”
According to screenshots captured by Miami Herald reporter Ben Conarck and WLRN reporter Danny Rivero, Piccolo was responding at about 4 a.m. to a tweet by Corinne Perkins, the North America editor for Reuters Pictures.
“This thread is dedicated to those saying we aren’t seeing images of the reality of COVID-19 in hospitals across the U.S.,” Perkins wrote. “This is not an exhaustive list but I wanted to highlight the stories @reuterspictures photographers bring to light.”
Orlando Sentinel, 12/24/2020
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Original 12/23/2020 post, "GET ME REWRITE: The MacIver Institute changes its name to the Heartless Institute", starts here.
Here's how the nutjobs at the Uihlein-fueled, "free-market, individual freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government" MacIver Institute dismiss the virus. As if to say, "Oh, look at that. 4122 total deaths. How puny."
Other MacIver posts:
Scott Walker legacy: Act 10, not working. (2/15/2019)
Hypocrisy alert: The free-market, individual responsiblity, limited government-lovin' MacIver Institute approves Wisconsin's $3 billion Foxconn dole. (11/14/2017)Scott Walker legacy: Act 10, not working. (2/15/2019)
The MacIver Institute's Pavlovian response to an increase in the minimum wage. (1/10/2014)
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