Seth Meyers lampooned Tucker Carlson in a recent segment after the Fox News host asked basic questions about the Covid-19 vaccine on air.
Carlson was attempting to convey skepticism about the vaccine, asking questions such as: “How effective is this coronavirus vaccine? How necessary is it to take the vaccine? Don’t dismiss those questions from anti-vaxxers. ...Answer the questions.”
Those questions – as pointed out by Meyers in his own segment – have already been given clear answers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state on their website that “vaccines currently approved for use in the United States are effective at preventing Covid-19” and that “vaccination is an important tool to help stop the pandemic”.
They also point out that “large-scale clinical studies found that Covid-19 vaccination prevented most people from getting Covid-19”.
Meyers launched into a sardonic impersonation of Carlson on Wednesday’s broadcast of Late Night with Seth Meyers, saying: “How effective is this vaccine? How necessary is it to take the vaccine? Will it make you an X-Man? Or what about an Animorph? Will it make me half man, half porcupine?
“And if I go to the mall with my children after taking the vaccine and I get spooked by one of the mannequins at the Tommy Bahama store and shoot my quills at a security guard, will they throw me out? Will my children laugh at me?”
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Addressing Carlson in his regular tone, Meyers added: “All these questions have already been answered. You could save yourself the trouble of writing your nightly monologue by just using Google.”
The CDC have recommended that people get a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available to them, noting the vaccines “help protect people who are vaccinated from getting sick or severely ill with Covid-19 and may also help protect people around them”.
“We need as many people as possible to get vaccinated so we can reach herd immunity and get to the point where the virus isn’t freely circulating and sparking constant outbreaks,” Meyers added, “which would allow us to get back to our normal lives safely.”
