EXCERPT:
MAHER: “Contrary to popular lore, Covid is not Russian roulette. Of course, any virus, anything, can kill anyone at any time, but we know who Covid kills. 75% of deaths are people 65 and older, 98-99% are unvaccinated, 78% who have died or have been hospitalized were overweight. If you’re obese and unvaccinated or 85 and still crowd-surfing at music festivals, yes, this will likely go badly for you.
(Laughter and Applause)
But at at some point — but at some point that has to stop being my responsibility, Doesn’t it make more sense to focus on helping the vulnerable stay safe and let the rest of us go back to living normal lives?
(Cheering and Applause)
There’s always going to be another variant. We can’t go on forever in permanent hair-on-fire/cancel-Christmas/hand jobs through a Hazmat suit/freak the f**k out mode. I haven’t been to my office in two years. That ficus needs water.”
(Mediaite)