Rachel Maddow: I need to ‘rewire’ myself not to view unmasked people as a ‘threat’

Published May 14, 2021 12:00am ET



MSNBC host Rachel Maddow responded to new relaxed CDC coronavirus guidelines by saying she needs to “rewire” herself in order not to view non-mask-wearing people as a “threat.”

“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,’” Maddow said on her prime-time show Thursday night. “Or you are selfish or you are a COVID denier and you definitely haven’t been vaccinated. I mean, we’re going to have to rewire the way that we look at each other.”

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