Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time sparking controversy in his return to television Tuesday as the late-night host said unvaccinated patients should be deprived of getting ICU beds.
'Dr. Fauci said that if hospitals get any more overcrowded they're going to have to make some very tough choices about who gets an ICU bed,' Kimmel began, noting that the number of new COVID cases is up more than 300 percent from last year.
'That choice doesn't seem so tough to me.'
'Vaccinated person having a heart attack? Yes, come right on in, we'll take care of you. Unvaccinated guy who gobbled horse goo? Rest in peace, wheezy!'
Kimmel made his stance clear during his first episode back from a two-month long summer vacation.
The comments were met with applause and cheers from the fully-vaccinated Jimmy Kimmel Live! audience.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to hosting his late night television show on Tuesday boldly saying he does not think unvaccinated people should get ICU beds as hospitals are beginning to run out
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There were 1.146 million weekly COVID cases this past weekend compared to 287,235 last year, according to data from John Hopkins University.
While the number of cases has risen drastically, so have the average number of daily deaths, which jumped more than 131 percent, according to data from The New York Times.
The number of hospitalizations and patients in ICU beds has been rising along with everything else. Hospitals in Georgia, Kentucky, and Hawaii have reported that they are running out of beds in their ICU units.
Only 64 percent of adults are currently fully-vaccinated, which is lower than the 70 percent the country needs in its bid for herd immunity.
The funnyman also voiced dismay at people using untested remedies to treat COVID.
'We still have a lot of 'pandimwits' out there,' he said, pointing to the recent spike of calls to poison control centers from people taking Ivermectin
The medication most commonly administered to barn animals with parasitic diseases like worms.
Kimmel compared people who are taking Ivermectin but refuse the vaccine to vegans who won't eat a hamburger but eat dog food.
He also noted that some people claim to be opting for Ivermectin over the vaccine because they don't trust big pharma. Kimmel noted that
