Fux Noise hosts are admitting they didn't take the coronavirus seriously enough

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

After weeks of echoing President Donald Trump's optimistic assurances that the impact of the coronavirus on the US would likely be minimal, Fox News hosts are now admitting that the pandemic might be a pretty big deal after all.

Trump's supporters at the right-leaning network had initially backed the president's previous attempts to downplay the public-health crisis, accusing the media and Democrats of exaggerating the disease's impact to damage Trump's presidency.

On Friday, the president declared the coronavirus a national emergency. And by Monday, the network's top hosts had shifted their tone as well.

On Monday afternoon's edition of "The Five," host Jesse Watters said the gravity of the situation had finally hit home after the weekend.

"I went to visit my mom this weekend and she made me wear gloves to come inside her house. She is suspicious that I might have coronavirus," the Fox News host said. "I wore the gloves all afternoon in the house. That's what it is."

https://news.yahoo.com/us-under-national-emergency-fox-124015782.html

Did your mommy slap the shit out of you?

[fleabiscuit]

1. Well to be fair (and balanced) they usually only deal with made up crap. nt

[Windy City Charlie]

2. Yet somehow

Yet somehow, when all is said and done it'll be the Democrats they'll lay the blame on, thinking their viewers have short memories.

[uponit7771]

3. Too late, they should be sanctioned and labeled a part of the Republican party

[Mike 03]

4. It finally dawned on them that their key demographic is the most vulnerable

at risk population for this virus.

[dem4decades]

5. The stupid?

[brewens]

6. It would be great to have someone rat a few of them out for stocking up or making other

preparations for the pandemic well before the attitude adjustment. Show that they knew but were lying.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. About this wearing gloves thing...

They just become another surface for germs, virus, etc. to collect on. In fact, virus is is less viable on skin than inorganic smooth surfaces.

As far as I understand it, anyway.

[tinrobot]

8. Their audience loves being afraid of things.

...and finally, there's something out there that is actually somewhat frightening.

Surprised they didn't jump on it sooner.