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  • 2021-05-17 (xsd:date)
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  • @KaitMarieox ‘Might Just Start Wearing A Mask Again ... Wouldn’t... (en)
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  • @KaitMarieox ‘Might Just Start Wearing A Mask Again ... Wouldn’t Want To Give Off The Impression That I’m A Vaccinated Democrat’ Tweet Claim Blogger Kaitlin Bennett (@KaitMarieox) tweeted: Might just start wearing a mask again now that the CDC says you don't need to if you get the jab. Wouldn't want to give off the impression that I'm a vaccinated Democrat! Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting On May 17 2021 screenshots of a purported tweet from Kaitlin Bennett ( @KaitMarieox ) circulated, in which she purportedly stated that she might start wearing a mask again to avoid the impression she was a vaccinated Democrat: Wearing masks to own the libs pic.twitter.com/egrRPwyCRW — Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 17, 2021 Dated May 16 2021 and referencing a then-recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance update lifting mask mandates for vaccinated people, the tweet read: Might just start wearing a mask again now that the CDC says you don’t need to if you get the jab. Wouldn’t want to give off the impression that I’m a vaccinated Democrat! Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die If real and unaltered, the tweet was detrimental to public health, framing both masks and vaccines as partisan practices, while discouraging anyone who did not identify as a Democrat from getting vaccinated. Bennett was a vocal supporter of former United States President Donald Trump, who himself received the vaccine in January 2021, hailed its safety and efficacy, and strongly encouraged his supporters to get vaccinated — making the tweet not only unnecessarily poor advice, but dissonant with the position of Trump himself. Tweets by Bennett were not uncommonly mistaken for satire and attributed to her as a joke. One such tweet in March 2021 caused confusion over whether it was really her (it was), or if it had been fabricated to mock her views: Kaitlin Bennett ‘WAP’ Tweet On May 16 2021, the vaccinated Democrat Twitter screenshot was shared to Reddit’s r/ToiletPaperUSA , a subreddit for which the purpose was mocking Bennett and other conservative pundits: We live in hell from ToiletPaperUSA r/ToiletPaperUSA’s typically satirical comment occasionally led to a fabricated tweet traveling to other platforms and circulating out of context. But elements such as the timestamp and engagement counters differed from the screenshot seen on Twitter, indicating the Twitter was not sourced from Reddit — and Reddit flair on the post marked it as *REAL*, not satirical content created to satirize Bennett. As indicated by that flair, the tweet was real. On May 16 2021, Bennett tweeted ( archived ): Might just start wearing a mask again now that the CDC says you don't need to if you get the jab. Wouldn't want to give off the impression that I'm a vaccinated Democrat! — Kaitlin Bennett (@KaitMarieox) May 16, 2021 Due to its popularity in screenshot form, Kaitlin Bennett (@KaitMarieox)’s might just start wearing a mask again, wouldn’t want to give off the impression I’m a vaccinated Democrat tweet was mistaken for satire. Unfortunately, the tweet was real, unaltered, and a genuine risk to public health. Bennett bizarrely framed vaccination as a partisan matter — but former United States President Donald Trump, a far-right Republican, both received and strongly endorsed the COVID-19 vaccination. Posted in Disinformation , Fact Checks Tagged bad advice , bad epidemiology , bad tweets , cdc lifts mask mandate , fake tweets , kaitlin bennett , kaitmarieox real , toilet paper usa , trump vaccine , vaccine , viral tweets (en)
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