[See NewsBusters for more.] New York Magazine writer Sarah Jones joined Andrea Mitchell Reports guest host Chris Jansing and MSNBC medical contributor Dr. Lipi Roy on Tuesday to discuss weddings and other large social gatherings in the age of COVID. According to MSNBC, nothing symbolizes America, even in non-pandemic times, more than large parties that kill people.
The genesis for the segment was an article Jones wrote about how she postponed her wedding, while highlighting some that became super-spreaders. Jones claimed she wrote the article to figure out why, "But I think we have to dig a little deeper than that and ask why are people doing this, what's the motivation. I think generally there are incentives for people to be selfish. We have people in power who are encouraging people to be selfish, who are promoting reckless reopening policies."