Megyn Kelly MOCKS Savannah Guthrie for getting COVID-19 for a third time

Megyn Kelly has mocked NBC Today show’s Savannah Guthrie following her hasty departure from co-hosting duties after she tested positive for Covid-19 during their morning broadcast.

A bemused Kelly questioned whether anyone was even testing for the disease at this stage, commenting on the grip it still seemingly has on the ‘left.’

‘All of it is such a perfect indication of how the left, and especially the left in New York, continues to live,’ she said during her SiriusXM podcast.

‘I mean, at this point, seriously? Is anyone still even testing for Covid?

Guthrie was forced to exit the Today show mid-broadcast on Tuesday after testing positive for Covid-19, while questions continue to swirl about the whereabouts of co-host Hoda Kotb – who had been off air for the seventh day in a row, at the time. 

Megyn Kelly has mocked NBC Today show’s Savannah Guthrie following her hasty departure from co-hosting duties after she tested positive for Covid-19 during their morning broadcast

Kelly took a swipe at the broadcaster saying: ‘There’s zero chance NBC is not requiring all booster.

‘This is reportedly Savannah’s third bout of Covid, and I guarantee you she’s had all the vaccines and the boosters because you won’t be able to go into 30 Rock without them,’ said Kelly.

‘I don’t test for Covid anymore. Who’s testing for Covid still?

‘It’s amazing to me. These guys are leftists and it’s amazing to me to see how the leftists still live under the grip of Covid.’ 

When explaining what happened to Guthrie, Kelly noted beloved weatherman Al Roker slowly walking off-camera in what appeared to be an attempt to social distance.

‘I got dollars to donuts that [Al] Roker’s there with an N95 tomorrow all day on set,’ she quipped.

Despite appearing on the show for the first 30-or-so-minutes, viewers were left with questions when 51-year-old Guthrie suddenly disappeared with no explanation after a commercial break.

Her co-host Sheinelle Jones – who was sitting close beside Savannah for the half hour that she was on-set – later explained that she ‘wasn’t feeling great’ so she decided to take a Covid-19 test, which came back positive.

‘It has been an interesting morning for us,’ Jones, 44, said during the broadcast.

Kelly took a swipe at the broadcaster saying: ‘There’s zero chance NBC is not requiring all booster’

Savannah Guthrie tested positive for Covid-19 – forcing her to make a surprise exit from the Today show on Tuesday morning

Despite appearing on the show for the first 30-or-so-minutes, viewers were left confused when 51-year-old Guthrie suddenly disappeared with no explanation after a commercial break

Her co-host Sheinelle Jones – who was seated close to Guthrie – later explained that she ‘wasn’t feeling great’ so she decided to take a Covid-19 test, which came back positive

Savannah’s illness comes as her longtime friend and co-host Hoda Kotb remained off-the-air for the seventh day in a row

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‘Savannah left early, she wasn’t feeling great, so she took a Covid test. It came back positive.

‘As soon as we found out, she rushed home to rest up. So Savannah, we love you, wishing you a speedy recovery.’

Willie Geist (seen on the show on Tuesday morning) ended up stepping in for Guthrie, who has had had COVID twice before this – first in January 2022 and again in May 2022

Willie Geist stepped in for Guthrie, who has had Covid twice before – the first in January 2022 and again in May 2022.

Guthrie was not the only vital member of the Today show who was missing – Kotb, 58, had been noticeably absent from the show for more than a week.

Her last appearance on-air was on February 17, although she was featured on a pre-taped episode of Today with Hoda and Jenna, alongside Jenna Bush Hager, on February 20.

People were also quick to notice that she failed to release an episode of her weekly podcast, Making Space. 

The TV personality has not yet publicly revealed her reason for being away.

The mother-of-two has continued to post on her Instagram account during her absence, regularly sharing inspirational quotes.

Kotb, 58, has been absent for more than a week but the TV host has not yet revealed her reason for being away

Kotb was featured on a pre-taped episode of Hoda and Jenna, alongside Jenna Bush Hager, on February 20, but has been absent since

Last month, a study found that people who haven’t had jabs for Covid may have longer immunity than those who have. 

Fierce debate about whether natural or vaccine-induced protection is better raged throughout the pandemic, with research producing mixed results.

The debate has become more complicated as time has gone on because so many people have both been exposed to the virus and had their shots. 

The latest study, from Israel, followed more than 500 people who had either just caught the virus or had recently received two jabs between 2020 and 2021.

Participants were tracked for up to a year and given regular blood tests measuring their antibody levels and strength of protection. 

While those who were vaccinated had higher levels of antibodies initially, they dropped off much sharper than in the natural infection group. 

After six months, the prior-infection group also had ‘stronger’ antibodies – a measure of how well they bind to Covid’s spike protein when the virus enters the body. 

Experts said the ‘jury is still out’ on which type of immunity is better, but almost all scientists agree that a combination of vaccine and natural protection is the best.

Research led by experts from the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, has shown people who have had Covid but never been vaccinated have longer lasting immunity than those who were double-jabbed but never been infected

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The study, led by the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, only looked at antibodies, which is one part of the complex immune response to Covid.

Immunity also involves T-cells and other white blood cells that are harder to measure but can provide longer lasting protection, especially against severe outcomes.

The research was also carried out when the original Wuhan and Alpha strains were dominant in Israel, so the findings may not necessarily reflect immunity against later variants like Omicron. 

But a study by Maccabi Healthcare and Tel Aviv University in Israel last August also found that natural immunity was better at preventing infection from the Delta variant — by up to 13 times. 

In the latest study, none of those who were infected originally became re-infected during the study and those who were jabbed did not get the virus afterwards, suggesting both had high levels of immunity throughout. 

The experts recruited 130 people who were infected between March and November 2020 and did not go on to get vaccinated by April 2021.

They also studied 402 people who got their second jab in late 2020 but had never had an infection.

Israel led the world with its vaccine rollout at the time.

The experts measured antibody levels in patients’ blood stream immediately after infection or the vaccines, and did follow-up tests after six months.

The researchers also measured antibody avidity – how well the infection-fighting proteins attach to the target virus.

Those who were vaccinated initially saw a higher level of antibodies as well as higher avidity.

But after six months, the ‘never-Covid’ group saw both measures fall to lower levels than the unvaccinated cohort.

Meanwhile, those who were infected saw their antibody levels fall more gradually.

Avidity actually appeared increased after six months, although the researchers cannot explain why.  

The findings are due to be presented to the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases conference in Lisbon, Portugal, in April. 

Writing in the study, the researchers said: ‘While the number of antibodies decrease with time in both Covid recovered (but never vaccinated) patients and vaccinated (but never infected) individuals, the quality of antibodies increases following infection but not after vaccination.’

They said future research should look into whether people infected with previous variants still have greater protection against Omicron.

Dr Carmit Cohen, an epidemiologist at the Sheba Medical Center who led the report, said: ‘With the omicron variant vaccinated individuals are better protected from severe disease.

‘I think that the most interesting people to follow up now are those who have recovered from the earlier variants and have then been reinfected by, and recovered from, infection with the Omicron variant. 

‘Hypothetically, these individuals should have very high antibody performance against most variants.’

Independent experts said the ‘jury is still out’ on whether natural immunity offers stronger protection against the virus. 

Israel led the world with its vaccine rollout at the time, jabbing 11 per cent of the population by December, when the UK had only just started rolling out first doses to the most vulnerable

Professor Danny Altman, an immunologist at Imperial College London, said: ‘This is a study that impinges on some of the difficult unknowns we’re all grappling with in human immunology studies at this stage in the pandemic.

‘While the view from other studies is of a better quality of response as assessed by B cell receptor breadth and affinity maturation through vaccination, this study, conversely, reports something described as improved antibody numbers through immunity after infection. 

‘Definitely a work in progress with consensus needed and more to be done. 

‘In terms of consensus on the quality, quantity and durability of protective immunity following spike exposure through infection, vaccination, or hybrid exposure, the jury is still out.’

Dr Julian Tang, a clinical virologist at the University of Leicester, said: ‘Generally, natural infection generates a broader and longer-lasting set of immune responses to all the viral antigens – so this is not really surprising. 

‘After all, our immune systems have evolved over several million years to deal with all types of pathogens — so I would expect natural immunity to outperform any vaccine-induced immunity over the longer term.’