Piers Morgan tries to whitewash ‘violent and vicious’ remarks against unvaccinated

Former CNN host Piers Morgan this month tried to downplay his hostile vitriol toward anyone who refused the shots and falsely claimed he “changed his mind” when it was found the vaccine did not prevent transmission. 

“I’ve got no problem with those refusing to have the covid vaccines, so long as they have no problem with history recording them as selfish pr*cks who only cared about themselves in a global pandemic,” wrote Morgan in July 2021. 

That same month, Morgan pushed for those who refused the shots to be denied health care. 

“Those who refuse to be vaccinated, with no medical reason not to, should be refused NHS care if they then catch covid. I’m hearing of anti-vaxxers using up ICU beds in London at vast expense to the taxpayer. Let them pay for their own stupidity & selfishness.” 

The remarks came after Morgan suggested those who declined the injections should be “thrown in a cave” and denied work. 

During an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored this month with celebrity physicist Neil Degrasse Tyson, Morgan said he “took quite firm views.”

“It seemed to me, Neil, when this was all happening – the pandemic – I took quite firm views throughout it, like a lot of people, I guess – one of which was when it was believed when the vaccines when the vaccines first came along that they would stop transmission, it seemed to me if you refused to be vaccinated, you shouldn’t be entitled to the same rights to go to nightclubs and stuff as those who’d taken the vaccine and were therefore not able to transmit it.” 

Morgan falsely claimed he changed his mind on the vaccine once it was determined that it did not stop transmission. 

“However, when it was established that vaccines didn’t actually stop transmission, they just stopped all the people getting very sick and dying, the argument to then suppress any liberties or freedoms of the unvaccinated, to me, it went away. Because in that instance, if the ability to pass it on is pretty well the same if you’ve been jabbed or not, then really it’s down to the individual if they want to protect themselves from this virus. So I changed my mind,” Morgan claimed. 

However, by July 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had already publicly admitted the vaccines did not prevent transmission, but that didn’t stop Morgan from attacking anyone who refused the injections. 

“Imagine being scared of having a safe, well-regulated, 4-second vaccine shot, when previous generations braved gun shots for years on end to save us all from tyranny? Anti-vaxxers really are a bunch of spineless pussies,” tweeted Morgan in November 2021. 

In September 2021, Morgan publicly blasted superstar rapper Nicki Minaj for questioning the vaccine and suggesting that getting injected should be a personal choice, saying “She’s peddling lies that will cost lives.” 

In December 2021, the former Good Morning Britain presenter told his nearly 8 million followers that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was “unfathomably dumb” for refusing to get the experimental injections. He also attacked Trump supporters as “anti-vaxxers” and “vaccine sceptics”. 

In January 2022, Morgan supported Australia’s decision to bar world champion tennis player Novak Djokovic from entering the country to play in the Australian Open due to his injection status. 

Morgan then laughed as he tried to play the victim. 

“I got pilloried when I said my original statement, I got pilloried when I changed my mind. I got pilloried by everyone during the pandemic about all of it,” he said laughing as Degrasse Tyson joined in. “And yet to me it seemed perfectly logical, honestly, to just change my mind because facts change."

But some are not letting Morgan off the hook. 

“No @piersmorgan, you pushed the division heavily, you pushed the discrimination & your support for a policy that caused terrible issues & losses for businesses, was abhorrent,” tweeted GBNews host Adam Brooks. “The ‘science’ was wrong. People suffered both mentally & financially.” 

“Piers Morgan trying to backtrack now when he had the most extreme, violent and vicious views towards anyone that had a different view on Covid,” said broadcaster Dominique Samuels. “I went on Good Morning Britain and he suggested I have my passport taken away from me because I spoke out against the [vaccine] passports." 

On Monday, a Pfizer executive admitted during an EU Parliamentary hearing that the pharmaceutical giant did not have data on the COVID-19 injection’s ability to prevent transmission before going to market.