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applegrove

(118,778 posts)
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:46 AM Feb 2020

Rush Limbaugh Claims The 'Common Cold' Coronavirus Is An Effort To 'Get Trump'

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. ... I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

....

“The drive-by media hype of this thing as a pandemic, as the Andromeda strain, as, ‘Oh, my God. If you get it, you’re dead...’ I think the survival rate is 98%,” he said. “Ninety-eight percent of people who get the coronavirus survive. It’s a respiratory system virus.”

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Rush Limbaugh Claims The 'Common Cold' Coronavirus Is An Effort To 'Get Trump' (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2020 OP
Bet that is one arm of the Trump strayegy to stop the spread of deadly liberalism. applegrove Feb 2020 #1
I know you think you're dead right, but could you just be dead? Maru Kitteh Feb 2020 #2
ffs dweller Feb 2020 #3
Easy cure if you catch it Rush Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #4
Die already, asshole dalton99a Feb 2020 #5
Sounds like a certain person with cancer should put his money where his mouth is and go get infected RockRaven Feb 2020 #6
Why hasn't that evil motherfucker died yet? Orrex Feb 2020 #7
Rush bdamomma Feb 2020 #8
Did anyone believe that Rush wouldn't take out as many as he can before he goes? Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #9
Well, that will be one less idiot on the planet 🌎 gembaby1 Feb 2020 #10
You can't make this shit up. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #11
I thought druggie Limbaugh was dying of cancer? Hassler Feb 2020 #12
I yearn to say terrible things about him when he's gone.n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #23
I really don't wish cancer on anyone. edbermac Feb 2020 #13
Hey cancer, WTF are you waiting for?? liberaltrucker Feb 2020 #14
i didn't realize he was still alive n/t orleans Feb 2020 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #16
Is he not on chemo for his cancer? Tucker08087 Feb 2020 #17
It's what they did with Ebola in 2014 RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #18
Who gives a toot what that POS thinks ? Nt raccoon Feb 2020 #19
Well, knowing Rush's stellar track record on health matters... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2020 #20
I want the next Democratic President to rescind this asspickles Medal of Freedom maxrandb Feb 2020 #21
Magnificent! Better than he even deserves. Bravo. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #24
Maybe we shuold get former KY Governor Matt Bevin Norbert Feb 2020 #22
"I'm dead right on this"...but not soon enough Demonaut Feb 2020 #25
Social media is loaded with idiots who think it's the same virus that causes the cold. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #26

applegrove

(118,778 posts)
1. Bet that is one arm of the Trump strayegy to stop the spread of deadly liberalism.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:47 AM
Feb 2020

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.

RockRaven

(14,998 posts)
6. Sounds like a certain person with cancer should put his money where his mouth is and go get infected
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:53 AM
Feb 2020

with it himself and see what happens. What could go wrong?

Orrex

(63,224 posts)
7. Why hasn't that evil motherfucker died yet?
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:53 AM
Feb 2020

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.

edbermac

(15,947 posts)
13. I really don't wish cancer on anyone.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 01:19 AM
Feb 2020

But then Rush opens his mouth and any shred of sympathy I have just vanishes.

Response to applegrove (Original post)

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
17. Is he not on chemo for his cancer?
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 06:46 AM
Feb 2020

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 don’t 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)
18. It's what they did with Ebola in 2014
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 06:58 AM
Feb 2020

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.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)
20. Well, knowing Rush's stellar track record on health matters...
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 08:32 AM
Feb 2020

...he’ll be dead of Coronavirus within a month.

On the plus side, at least he will have beaten cancer. Go Rush!

maxrandb

(15,351 posts)
21. I want the next Democratic President to rescind this asspickles Medal of Freedom
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 08:35 AM
Feb 2020

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.

Norbert

(6,041 posts)
22. Maybe we shuold get former KY Governor Matt Bevin
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 08:38 AM
Feb 2020

to infect his kids with the Coronavirus so he can show the world how benign this virus is.

TwilightZone

(25,479 posts)
26. Social media is loaded with idiots who think it's the same virus that causes the cold.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 11:10 AM
Feb 2020

Why am I not surprised that he's one of the sources?

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