Commentary: Rachel Maddow Admits She Has To ‘Rewire’ Herself To Not See Unmasked People as a ‘Threat’

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow admitted on her show Thursday that she has been conditioned to view people who don’t wear masks as a “threat,” and that it will take her some time to adjust to a world without face coverings.

On the heels of the release of the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance — which advises against wearing a mask while vaccinated in most situations — many of those who have spent a year of their lives judging others and eagerly breathing in their own recycled air are dumbfounded and divided.

There will be no national VC (Victory over COVID) Day parade.

The coronavirus pandemic has given people like Maddow what they’ve presumably always desired: the backing of “science” to label people with whom they disagree as callous and indifferent to the preservation of human life. Maddow, according to a monologue she delivered Thursday, will have to start over from scratch.

“I feel like I’m going to have to rewire myself so that when I see someone out in the world who’s not wearing a mask, I don’t instantly think, ‘You are a threat,’ or ‘You are selfish,’ or ‘You are a COVID denier and you definitely haven’t been vaccinated,'” Maddow said on her program after interviewing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.

“I mean, we’re going to have to rewire the way that we look at each other,” Maddow added, “because the CDC’s guidance, which she just told me, we are sure, is that if you’re vaccinated you don’t need to wear a mask except in very specific circumstances.”