On Tuesday, CNBC’s Squawk on the Street host Jim Cramer shocked his co-hosts into silence by calling for “propagandist” to spread information about COVID-19.
The panel discussed the stock market’s sharp increase this week amid news that China could ease COVID restrictions and open its borders by March.
They talked about the recent story in China where citizens couldn’t exit a park until their COVID test results came back after a woman who visited the park tested positive.
“Some of the videos that came out of Shanghai Disney gym, where they had to suspend operations to comply with the prevention measures, but literally kept people in the park until they came back with a negative test,” Carl Quintanilla said.
Jim Cramer offered an opinion that stunned his co-hosts into an awkward silence.
He said he didn’t see any problem with China’s response given that they could have the test result in 24 hours.
The Gateway Pundit reported:
“I had a PCR test with someone at ten, they gave it to me by five. So I don’t think it’s wrong.”
“Let’s just go back over, I think chief propagandist, I call that person a dissembler, so to speak. But they have a narrative in which basically you can conquer COVID by just being locked down, and this has to change the narrative…”
“What is even better is homegrown mRNA, which I’m told they managed to get the intellectual property, stole it, which is good, and I say good because it’s better to have mRNA than not,” Cramer said, referring to China’s response to COVID-19.
“Let’s just say they appropriated it. What do you do if you tell people the way to beat it is no vaccine and now you have a vaccine? So I think what you need is a propagandist,” Cramer said, leaving his co-hosts speechless.
