— Count Coronala??????? (@CountDankulaTV) March 13, 2020
You are a hero Mr. King. We need transgender women of color to contribute to solving this pandemic. Can’t only rely on old white guys like Newton and Darwin. [You are such an imbecile. I’ll also retweet.]
— Conservative Blonde Woman (@GolightlyGrl427) March 13, 2020
Horror novelist Stephen King’s latest hot take on the Covid-19 outbreak has not gone down well online, slamming President Trump’s response team for having the wrong race, age and gender – but netizens advised he stick to fiction.
Weighing in during the president’s national emergency declaration on Friday – where Trump was joined by a group of health officials tapped to help with efforts to contain the spread of the lethal virus – King sagely pointed out the demographic composition of the team, describing it as “all male, all old, and all white.”