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Jamie Lee Curtis blasted over mask ‘propaganda’ as COVID hysteria returns with a vengeance.

August 25, 2023 | | Print Article

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is being slaughtered on social media for taking the lead role in what many believe is a sequel to the government’s fear-mongering COVID franchise.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), a slew of virtue-signaling institutions and corporations, and a compliant media work overtime to ratchet up the panic over the latest COVID-19 variant, BA.2.86, Curtis went on Instagram to urge her fans to once again mask up.

“And we’re BAAAAACCCCKKKK,” she declared, donning a familiar horror mask for the occasion. “No, not Michael Myers but masking will be. COVID is on the rise. SO MANY friends now are really sick. BE MINDFUL. WEAR A MASK if required or even if you feel unwell and are out in public spaces.”

The actress’s selfie quickly went viral for all the wrong reasons, and, quicker than you can say “reboot flop,” Curtis was dragged across several social media platforms.


“Nice propaganda post,” stated one user on Instagram. “Election season must be approaching again. DO NOT COMPLY.”

“How much are you getting paid to promote this crap again???” asked another.

“Lost a fan,” fumed a third. “Stop pushing this stupidity.”

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On X, the reviews weren’t any better:

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It’s hard to argue with that last post.

As BizPac Review reported, Hollywood studio Lionsgate, which is known for the horror franchises “Saw” and “The Hunger Games,” reinstated its mask mandate in response to the new variant.

“Employees must wear a medical grade face covering (surgical mask, KN95 or N95) when indoors except when alone in an office with the door closed, actively eating, actively drinking at their desk or workstation, or if they are the only individual present in a large open workspace,” Sommer McElroy, Response Manager for Lionsgate/Starz, stated in an internal memo obtained by Deadline.

Also known as “BA.2.86,” the highly-mutated “variant under monitoring” set the global alarm bells ringing.

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The variant was placed on the WHO’s monitoring list “due to the large number of mutations it carries.”

“CDC is gathering more information and will share more about this lineage as we learn it,” the CDC wrote on X. “As we learn more about BA.2.86, CDC’s advice on protecting yourself from COVID-19 remains the same.”

Meanwhile, yet another variant of COVID-19 is making headlines: the fast-spreading EG.5 variant — also known as the “Eris” variant, appropriately named for the Greek goddess of strife and discord.

“There’s nothing to suggest that this particular strain [EG.5] circulating in the United States right now is more pathogenic than prior variants,” said the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb. “So, people who are vaccinated with prior variants and who have had the infection before, should have some residual immunity against this.”

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It remains to be seen if BA.2.86 or Eris will emerge as the dominant strain, but according to the New York Post, cases are on the rise.

“Recent data from the New York State Department of Health, released Aug. 2, showed that cases jumped by 55% over the prior week, with an average of 824 reported cases per day across the state,” The Post reports. “The CDC recorded 10,320 hospital admissions in the US for COVID-19 in the week ending Aug. 5 — a 14.3% spike from the week prior.”

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