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Rush Limbaugh Claims The 'Common Cold' Coronavirus Is An Effort To Get Trump
The conservative radio host declared communists and the media have "weaponized" the "common cold."
By Josephine Harvey, HuffPost US
https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/rush-limbaugh-coronavirus-trump_n_5e5458c8c5b65e0f11c53eac?ri18n=true&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016
"SNIP.....
Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed on his show Monday that the potentially lethal coronavirus afflicting several countries is nothing more than a common cold blown out of proportion by the media to take down President Donald Trump ― even as he also asserted it was a bioweapon created by China in a laboratory.
It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump, Limbaugh said at the start of his lengthy, misinformation-filled rant.
Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. ... Im dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.
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The drive-by media hype of this thing as a pandemic, as the Andromeda strain, as, Oh, my God. If you get it, youre dead... I think the survival rate is 98%, he said. Ninety-eight percent of people who get the coronavirus survive. Its a respiratory system virus.
......SNIP"
applegrove
(118,778 posts)Because that is the real concern. What if the public learnt coronavirus was the result of unregulated food markets? That would be even worse. so there are two separate conspiracy theories. A double 'narrative'. More like a pretzel.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Askin' for a friend. THX.
dweller
(23,661 posts)suck in your last breath asshole ...
✌🏼
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Lots and lots of Oxycontin.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)RockRaven
(14,998 posts)with it himself and see what happens. What could go wrong?
Orrex
(63,224 posts)I've been wishing for his 6-months terminal cancer diagnosis for close to 30 years, and I'm frankly getting impatient.
To all you lurkers from the various conservative shithole forums who are upset that I've wished cancer upon your demigod: fuck each and every last one of you.
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)there's a hot place waiting for you. Jerk.
Midnight Writer
(21,795 posts)gembaby1
(253 posts)As soon as cancerman is dead 💀!
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)The hilarious thing is the mouth breathers believe it.
Hassler
(3,390 posts)How can we miss him if he just won't leave?
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)edbermac
(15,947 posts)But then Rush opens his mouth and any shred of sympathy I have just vanishes.
liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)Response to applegrove (Original post)
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Tucker08087
(621 posts)As a chemo patient myself, I had to leave my teaching career because I almost died from things like the common cold and stomach bugs. Viruses are the worst with chemo. There are no treatments. Antibiotics dont work. Only your immune system can help you recover. When you are a chemo patient, you are purposely killing your immune system. Your white count numbers should be between 10-12. Mine are commonly around 1, but have been as low as .02 and the common cold absolutely kills people in that condition.
And, no, of course this is not the common cold. Spreading disinformation in this way is dangerous. People will not take their symptoms seriously, avoid seeking medical attention, and spread the virus to those of us who are at risk, including people with chronic illness, babies, and the elderly.
RandiFan1290
(6,242 posts)We had the trolls posting Ebola scare stories every day leading up to the 2014 election, and they constantly tried to tie it to Obama.
raccoon
(31,119 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)...hell be dead of Coronavirus within a month.
On the plus side, at least he will have beaten cancer. Go Rush!
maxrandb
(15,351 posts)I want pay-per-view as his urine soaked grave is dug up and the medal is torn from his rotting corpse.
Then I want to inject cancer back into his rotting corpse, bury it with 7 tons of amphibian shit and then salt the ground around it.
Then, I want the medal to be shot directly into the sun.
After that, we will have to close the chapter on this award and come up with something new.
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)Norbert
(6,041 posts)to infect his kids with the Coronavirus so he can show the world how benign this virus is.
Demonaut
(8,926 posts)TwilightZone
(25,479 posts)Why am I not surprised that he's one of the sources?