Laura Ingraham: “There was no real scientific basis” for social distancing

Ingraham: “It had never been studied”

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From the May 4, 2020, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle:

LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): Although intuitively I think it probably seemed like social distancing would be necessary, there was no real scientific basis for believing that, since it had never been studied.



And as one infectious disease doc told me last week, trying to stop this virus with social distancing is like trying to drive a nail through Jell-O. Viruses spread, that's what they do, they often weaken as they go and if it's like SARS, we hope it is, it'll eventually burn out as SARS did.