Welcome to the first day of Cultural Appropriation Month! Talking all things virus lab leaks, Ellie Kemper and the Veiled Prophet, Stephen Colbert's creative John Cena subtitling, Blue's Clues going super woke, and Rand Paul throwing down on the precious Dr. Fauci!

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ELLIE KEMPER

• Actress Ellie Kemper, who played Erin on "The Office," was trending because people think she was at a beauty pageant for the KKK. SOURCE: The Sun
• She was not a KKK princess, as people are trying to claim.
  • The photo of her was taken at the 1999 Veiled Prophet Ball in St. Louis. SOURCE: Twitter
  • The Veiled Prophet was founded in the late 1800s, while the KKK wasn't established until 1915. SOURCE: Newsweek
  • It's basically just a debutante ball. SOURCE: TheSun
  • The alleged "ties" to the KKK originate from this photo, taken over 100 years ago of the "Veiled Prophet."

RAND PAUL VS. ANTHONY FAUCI

• Rand Paul and Fauci have sparred throughout the COVID pandemic. Paul turned out to be right about ... everything.
• FAUCI CLAIM: Lockdowns work!
  • Studies have shown neither lockdowns nor masks were significantly effective in mitigating COVID-19. SOURCES: Twitter, PNAS, MedRxiv, Frontiers
  • The original purpose of the lockdown was to "slow the spread" so as not to overwhelm the health care systems. It was never intended to be a cure, and it can't prevent people from dying.
• FAUCI CLAIM: Herd immunity is "nonsense" and not a "fundamental strategy." Rand Paul said it is the only strategy. SOURCES: Yahoo News, MSNBC, Fox News
• FAUCI CLAIM: Kids can't go back to school. SOURCE: Twitter
  • Kids aren't significantly affected by COVID, not even as much as by the flu. SOURCE: CDC
    • "Based on the data available, in-person learning in schools has not been associated with substantial community transmission."
    • "Though outbreaks do occur in school settings, multiple studies have shown that transmission within school settings is typically lower than – or at least similar to – levels of community transmission, when prevention strategies are in place in schools."
    • Less than 10% of COVID cases have been among kids ages 5-17. SOURCE: CDC
  • Kids are also not significant carriers. SOURCE: JAMA
  • But they are negatively affected by lockdowns. SOURCES: NCBI, NCBI, USAToday
  • Social isolation and virtual learning caused:
    
    • Increased anxiety and depression;
    • Increased suicides;
    • Lower grades and higher failure rates.
• FAUCI CLAIM: Even if you've been vaccinated or had COVID, you still need to wear a mask. SOURCE: Twitter
  • The CDC lifted the mask mandate for vaccinated people on May 13. The arbitrary date confirms what everyone already knew: Vaccinated people are immune, and the mask was always just for show.
  • Fauci admitted Paul was right about the "mask theater." SOURCE: Twitter
  • Another recent study found COVID immunity could last for life. SOURCE: Nature
• FAUCI CLAIM The NIH never funded the Wuhan lab! SOURCE: MSN
  • Yes, it did. And Fauci even admitted it, but didn't think the Chinese would lie about gain-of-function research. SOURCE: Twitter
  • Fauci previously wrote he supported gain-of-function research and argued its benefits outweighed the possibility of a pandemic. In a 2012 paper published on PubMed, Fauci wrote: "In an unlikely but conceivable turn of events, what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic? [...] Scientists working in this field might say—as indeed I have said—that the benefits of such experiments and the resulting knowledge outweigh the risks." NCBI

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