{"id":338084,"date":"2020-02-26T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=338084"},"modified":"2020-02-27T15:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T20:45:25","slug":"im-the-only-guy-getting-the-coronavirus-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/02\/26\/im-the-only-guy-getting-the-coronavirus-right\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m the Only Guy Getting the Coronavirus Right!"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I think I saw out of the corner of my eye, I think Fox is now playing the video of me from yesterday\u2019s program, “It\u2019s just the common cold, folks.” (interruption) I know, it\u2019s everywhere \u2019cause they\u2019re so hoping I\u2019m gonna be wrong. Oh, they can\u2019t wait, they\u2019re all, even Fox is keeping this in reserve for in case I\u2019m wrong.<\/p>\n

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Folks, when I\u2019m wrong, they are happier than when Trump is wrong. They live for me being wrong \u2019cause I\u2019m documented to be almost always right 99.8% of the time, and when I\u2019m wrong they just — because they think it discredits all of conservatism, all of the Republican Party, and Trump. And what they really want is to cram a microphone in the face of any Republican and have that Republican disavow me. You know that\u2019s what they\u2019re hoping for.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Obama was hoping for when he had his first joint meeting after being elected, it\u2019s 2009 — you\u2019ve forgotten this — he had Boehner and Republicans in the Senate in there, and he said to them, “You guys gonna have to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh. That\u2019s not how things get done here.” And what Obama was hoping is that Boehner, Mitch McConn, whoever, would walk out to the microphones after the meeting and agree with him and disavow me.<\/p>\n

Now, Boehner was down here two weeks after that, and we were talking about it. And he told me, he said, “I don\u2019t know why Obama mentioned it. It didn\u2019t make any sense to any of us.” I said, “Are you kidding?” He said, “No. Why would he do that?” “It\u2019s because they were hoping you would agree with him. They were hoping you go outside to the microphones and disavow me.”<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what they\u2019re hoping now. That\u2019s why they\u2019re asking Gupta. That\u2019s why they\u2019re asking Fauci. That\u2019s why we\u2019re asking the CDC people. They\u2019re asking everybody, “Do you think Rush Limbaugh\u2019s right, it\u2019s just a common cold?” They\u2019re hoping: “Limbaugh\u2019s a fool, he\u2019s an idiot, nobody ought to be listening.” That\u2019s what they want somebody to say. And all the better if they can find a Republican who will do it.<\/p>\n

So you Republicans, you need to be keeping a sharp eye. When I said it\u2019s a common cold virus, I was talking about as it exists in the country. Nobody\u2019s died from it, we have 57 cases, we do not have a pandemic. I mean, it\u2019s not even the common cold in terms of the impact it\u2019s had on America to date. It\u2019s not even the common cold. I at no time said that it isn\u2019t dangerous and that it couldn\u2019t become something else.<\/p>\n

You know, I\u2019m Mr. Realville. I\u2019m the mayor of literal Realville. I deal with things as they are and I specifically — I\u2019ll give you an example. Do you know that they\u2019re already on Twitter memes, threads, and even the Drive-Bys, “This coronavirus is Trump\u2019s Katrina.” Now, what the hell does that mean? Well, what was Katrina? They are admitting that they turned the federal response to Hurricane Katrina by the Bush administration into a great bit of damage and liability for Bush. They\u2019re admitting they politicized that. And they did.<\/p>\n

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They ripped Bush for flying over there. They ripped Bush for not enough FEMA trailers when it was the mayor and the governor of Louisiana that left the buses to get flooded and didn\u2019t evacuate people out of there. So the very idea they\u2019re running around talking about the coronavirus now as Trump\u2019s Katrina, it just makes my point of how they see this.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t see this as a deadly disease. They don\u2019t see it as anything other than another opportunity to drive Trump out of office. Make no mistake.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Stand by sound bite number 26. Folks, they\u2019re bringing out the big guns now. TheHill.com: “Chelsea Clinton Rips Limbaugh for ‘Peddling\u2019 Fake News on Coronavirus.”<\/a> Now I\u2019m really in for it. Now the big guns are coming out. I\u2019m “‘peddling\u2019 fake news”? I\u2019m the only person telling you the truth about it when I say that it is the common cold. There are 57 cases in this country right now. Nobody has died!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There are some people quarantined from that cruise ship. We\u2019ve got it under control. There is no need to panic right now. I\u2019m the only guy getting this right. As far as we\u2019re concerned right now, it is nothing more than the common cold in this country. I\u2019ll say it again: It could become something worse. It\u2019s not the common cold in China. It\u2019s killing people there.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not killing people here. It hasn\u2019t gotten here yet. The media is trying to make you think that you\u2019re just as good as dead because Donald Trump doesn\u2019t care \u2019cause this is gonna be Trump\u2019s Katrina. Now I\u2019ve become a standard part of the story. Here\u2019s what I saw. I saw myself on Fox a minute ago. Here is that report…<\/p>\n

CHAD PERGRAM: The administration says there are no divisions internally with or the CDC over how they\u2019re dealing with the coronavirus, and they do have their backers externally, including Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: Donald Trump is president of the United States. He is not president of the world. It is not his job to control the spread of the coronavirus in China. It\u2019s not his job to control the spread of the coronavirus in the U.K. There\u2019s nothing he can do anyway about it.<\/p>\n

CHAD PERGRAM: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed $8.5 billion in spending to deal with the coronavirus, some of that —<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>RUSH: All right, stop the tape. Is anything…? Now, that may sound like, “Ooooh, it\u2019s not Trump\u2019s job to stop…?” You think that\u2019s a bad thing to say, Dawn? (interruption) “Maybe. I think it might…” Donald Trump\u2019s president of the United States. What can he do about spreading coronavirus in the U.K. anyway? What can he do about the spread of coronavirus in China, other than accuse them of maybe weaponizing it for whatever, getting back at him for tariffs.<\/p>\n

Who knows what\u2019s going on with this? (interruption) How do I end up in these stories? ‘Cause I\u2019m the only guy saying what I\u2019m saying. I\u2019m the only guy saying anything reasonable about this. Donald Trump\u2019s Katrina? Really? Is that what this is? Is that what they think this is? Is that what they want this to become? It\u2019s 57 cases in the country right now, and there aren\u2019t any deaths from it.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, yeah, I knew it wasn\u2019t gonna last. I guess all the sympathy for me is now gone. Folks, let me say, all I\u2019m doing here is trying to fight a bunch of people who are yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. Everybody knows not to do that. Do not yell “fire” in a crowded theater, unless there is one. We have people who are purposely creating a panic here — or trying to — to have a negative impact on the stock market, to maybe have a negative impact on the economy, because they are hoping to have a negative impact on President Trump.<\/p>\n

The proof of this is that they\u2019re already calling it Trump\u2019s Katrina, and all I\u2019m doing here is trying to stand in and say, “It\u2019s not time to yell ‘fire\u2019 in a crowded theater right now.” Forgive me if it offends you, and I\u2019m not gonna apologize for it. There are people trying to create a panic, and that\u2019s not gonna help anything or anybody. It never does, and it\u2019s not warranted right now. They want you to believe — these people, they want you to believe — that your government is incompetent and incapable of dealing with this because Donald Trump runs it.<\/p>\n

So whatever Trump proposes, it\u2019s not enough. It\u2019s not enough money. It\u2019s not smart enough. It\u2019s not comprehensive enough. It\u2019s just not enough. It\u2019s not good enough — and that\u2019s gonna be their reaction all day. No matter what he says in his speech tonight at six o\u2019clock, it\u2019s not going to be enough. “Donald Trump doesn\u2019t know what he is doing. Donald Trump doesn\u2019t care. Donald Trump has gotten rid of all the smart people in government. Donald Trump has gotten rid of the Obama experts.”<\/p>\n

Whatever they do, however they characterize this. You\u2019re gonna waste time getting mad at me if you think I\u2019m underselling this by saying it\u2019s just the common cold, \u2019cause right now that\u2019s all it is, with 57 cases and no deaths. I mean, look, Drudge has a screaming headline. Screaming headline: “FLIGHT ATTENDANT WORKING LAX TESTS POSITIVE.” “Oh, my God, 58 cases! Oh, my God. Oh, my God. A flight attendant at LAX? Oh, my God!” This is what is attempted to be created here. The media profits gloriously from this kind of thing.<\/p>\n

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The Democrat Party thinks they can profit amazingly versus Republicans and Trump with this kind of stuff. In my mind, it\u2019s irresponsible to go about it the way they are. It\u2019s not warranted yet. It\u2019s not justified, and certainly it isn\u2019t helpful. Now, San Francisco — the mayor of San Francisco — has declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus. Do you know how many cases of coronavirus there are in San Francisco?<\/p>\n

Zero.<\/p>\n

Zero cases of coronavirus in San Francisco, and yet an emergency has been declared.<\/p>\n

Zero confirmed cases. Democrats are ready to use any scare tactic they can to create a panic. Now, look at this. Don\u2019t you love how San Francisco is all on top of something for which there are no reported cases while their streets are full of homeless people that poop all over the place? You want to talk about the rampant diseases running loose on the streets of San Francisco? And there\u2019s nothing done about it. There\u2019s no emergency declared.<\/p>\n

The best thing they can do is create a bunch of maps to help tourists avoid the piles of human poop when they\u2019re walking around town. No reported cases of coronavirus, and here we go: A state of emergency. Mayor London Breed issued a statement: “Although there are still zero confirmed cases in San Francisco residents, the global picture is changing rapidly, and we need to step-up preparedness. We see the virus spreading in new parts of the world every day, and we are taking the necessary steps to protect San Franciscans…”<\/p>\n

\"\"Like what? Are you banning flights from the ChiComs? Are you banning flights from Asia? No. Are we closing the borders? No. You know, the virus doesn\u2019t know California from Arizona from New Mexico. The virus doesn\u2019t know Republicans from Democrats from liberals from conservatives. It says here, “Declaring a state of emergency will allow San Francisco to increase its emergency planning efforts and promptly redirect resources and employees if there were to be an outbreak in the city.”<\/p>\n

No reported cases. I\u2019m sure the citizens of San Francisco are well assured, however. I\u2019m sure they\u2019re sitting there saying, “Well, we\u2019re safe now that an emergency has been declared.” So the people of San Francisco are now convinced that their local government is on the lookout and is protecting them and is gonna make sure that no cases get into that town, right?<\/p>\n

Because a state of emergency has been declared. They may take some resources away from controlling the poop on the sidewalks to dealing with the virus when it happens in San Francisco, and the city and its residents can rest assured that the government\u2019s on top of it. Despite the fact that Trump is president, San Francisco is prepared.<\/p>\n

Back to the phones. This is Rob in Santa Monica. I\u2019m glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello there. Petadittos for recovery. Here\u2019s another example, a sweet example (chuckling) of cognitive dissonance that we have here in Southern California. In Orange County, Costa Mesa area, there\u2019s a developmental center that was closed down. It used to house adults with “intellectual disabilities,” as they say, and the Orange County Board of Supervisors says that they\u2019re “very compassionate.” They\u2019re “aware of the public\u2019s disfavor” of using this facility to house COVID-19 patients. But, the Board of Supervisors says, “the health and welfare and the safety of our community is our top priority.” (chuckle) I just don\u2019t know how they can square that with the open-border concept.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So what are they saying, that they\u2019re not gonna provide space for COVID-19 patients?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No. The Board of Supervisors wants to use the facility for it, but the public is up in arms. They\u2019re out in front of city hall with their —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, the public doesn\u2019t want the patients anywhere near them. Oh. I get it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So the government wants to set up a place where COVID-19 patients can come and maybe be treated, but the population — the gen pop — doesn\u2019t want \u2019em anywhere near. And you\u2019re saying that\u2019s awfully hypocritical given these people don\u2019t care about open borders in the southern part of the state?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s right. I mean, yeah, anywhere — our borders everywhere — and that goes for the San Francisco thing. It\u2019s crazy what they think they want to do but then they —<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: Let me tell you something. It appears crazy. This, again, folks, is exactly what happens when everything gets politicized. Politicizing a disease makes about as much as sense as anything I could think of. This disease, there is nothing political about it unless someday somebody proves the ChiComs created it as a bioweapon. Outside of that, there\u2019s nothing political about this or any other disease. Meaning: It doesn\u2019t care who gets it.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t target political people over apolitical people. There\u2019s nothing political about it. And yet that\u2019s all we\u2019re dealing with. We\u2019re dealing with it as a political issue, and this is why people find everything about it so controversial. We got the entire Drive-By Media, the Democrat Party trying to create a panic. You got one guy on the radio saying, “No, it\u2019s no time to panic,” and the guy on the radio is said to be the nut. Me!<\/p>\n

One guy trying to warn everybody, “Don\u2019t panic yet. It\u2019s not time to panic. Keep your head about you. It\u2019s not time to give up. It\u2019s not time to believe that we can\u2019t stop this.” The Democrats in the media want you to believe that we are powerless against this because our president is incompetent and incapable and doesn\u2019t have anybody working for him who knows what to do about this.<\/p>\n

All they want is their White House power back. All they want is Donald Trump gone, and this virus is nothing more than the latest opportunity for them. So there\u2019s one guy on the radio standing up — as I always do — trying to alert everybody to who the hell these people really are and what their objective really is, and I\u2019m being called the nut. Sorry, it is the other way around.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: If journalists are really interested in giving people the information they think they\u2019re gonna need to know to be aware, why are they wasting time telling Americans what a guy on the radio is saying? Well, it\u2019s obvious. They are hoping that the guy on the radio\u2019s gonna end up being wrong so that they can say he\u2019s wrong and you should never, ever listen to him again because he\u2019s one of the biggest thorns in our side. So patently obvious.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right now. Folks, I\u2019m not putting myself down here. Don\u2019t misunderstand this question. The question is designed to illustrate a point. If the Drive-By Media… Mr. Snerdley, are you listening? I want you… If the Drive-By Media is so concerned on people learning everything they need to know about the coronavirus and all this, why in the world does it matter what a guy on the radio is saying?<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m not putting myself down. It\u2019s just the exact opposite. I am a guy on the radio who is going to against the grain, and what are they doing? They\u2019re focusing on me in preparation for focusing on Trump after he makes his address to the country at 6 p.m. today, and what am I doing? I\u2019m simply not buying the panic that these people have started, and I\u2019m trying to tell everybody that they\u2019re politicizing this.<\/p>\n

This is so obvious. They\u2019re so excited reporting on this, calling it Trump\u2019s Katrina. It is nothing more than the same attitude they had during Trump-Russia collusion, the two years of the Mueller investigation, the eager anticipation they had for when that report was gonna come. I\u2019ll guarantee you this: If there was a Mueller report on the coronavirus and it stated that Trump did not create the coronavirus, they\u2019d be disappointed.<\/p>\n

\"\"If there was a Mueller report on the coronavirus that comes out and says, “Trump did not start the coronavirus, Trump did not spread the coronavirus; in fact, Trump had nothing to do with it,” they\u2019d be disappointed, because they have got everybody set up for somehow believing that this is gonna be Donald Trump\u2019s fault. And all I\u2019m trying to do is tell you is, “Do not fall for this.” It\u2019s the same garbage that we\u2019ve had to put up with from the media ever since Trump was elected.<\/p>\n

And, by the way, it\u2019s the same garbage that we conservatives and Republicans have had to put up with in the media for the last 30 years. They went after George W. Bush this way. They went after George H. W. Bush this way. They go after every conservative. They went after Newt Gingrich this way. They\u2019ve gone after me this way for 30 years. There\u2019s nothing really new about it other than, on this, they\u2019re taking something that could be an ultimately serious problem — however this thing manifests itself in this country — and they\u2019re politicizing it.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re weaponizing it for the purpose of somehow only being harmful to Republicans and Donald Trump. I was thinking during the break, how did Obama avoid this? There was this Ebola threat during the Obama administration that wasn\u2019t that big, but it was out there. So the Ebola virus got loose in Africa. So what did Obama do? The first thing Obama did was announce a $5 billion plan to deal with it — and that\u2019s all it took, like it does with everything else liberal or socialist.<\/p>\n

Just say you care about it and it\u2019s magic. You don\u2019t have to do a damn thing about it. You don\u2019t have to solve anything. You don\u2019t have to fix anything. All you have to do is throw some money at it, and people assume that you\u2019ve done something and that you care. So Obama named an Ebola czar and spent $5 billion — and that was it. Trump has said there will not be a coronavirus czar. Now, an Ebola czar is nothing more than a PR move.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the Ebola czar gonna do that the NIH can\u2019t do or that the CDC can\u2019t do? He\u2019s just gonna ride herd on it. The Ebola czar does not have any powers to get rid of Ebola or to cure Ebola or to even spot Ebola before anybody else. It\u2019s strictly a PR move. And since the media was guaranteed not to let Obama fail or even be criticized, whatever Obama did became the gold standard. So Obama spends $5 billion on Ebola, Trump announces $2.5 million for coronavirus.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not enough!”<\/p>\n

If I see Da Nang Dick one more time on TV whining and moaning about how unprepared we are and how unserious Trump is and how dangerously exposed we are, I\u2019m gonna have a fit. The guy\u2019s lying about his service in Vietnam, never there, trying to get all kinds of valor and heroism for it. This Pencil Neck Jr. geek guy gets to go on television every day talking about Trump being unfit, unprepared, unaware. It just drives me crazy, folks.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mind being one of… I\u2019m not the only voice against it. I don\u2019t mind being one of the few to go against the grain, but don\u2019t let anybody tell you that I have relegated this thing on some far-off corner where we shouldn\u2019t be concerned about it. That is not at all what I have said. I have not implied it, and that\u2019s what they are trying to make you believe that I have said.<\/p>\n

Because at the end of this, they desperately want to be able to run news story after news story after news stories saying, “Limbaugh Was Wrong,” and all I am is a guy on the radio.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Troy, Missouri, Alice. I\u2019m glad you called. Glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, my prayers are with you. As a resident of Realville, I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m talking to my mayor. My question —<\/p>\n

RUSH: My office door is open to anybody every day.<\/p>\n

CALLER: My question is, how many people die in vehicle accidents every year?<\/p>\n

RUSH: About 50,000. The wheel, the wheel in this country kills 50,000 people a year.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay. They\u2019re trying to scare us to death with the coronavirus. When are they gonna go after this?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you\u2019re making my point. They\u2019re hoping somehow to turn this into a political liability for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Tucker Carlson had a guest from the administration, said everything they\u2019re doing is in Trump time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Meaning what? Everything they\u2019re doing is in Trump time? What\u2019s that mean?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I think it means he doesn\u2019t waste time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, well, that\u2019s true. Let me reissue a sort of prediction I made earlier today. This happened in the first hour, and the first half of it is already coming true. I predicted that all day long, no matter where you go for news, if you stream it, if you watch it on cable, over the air, however you get your news, it\u2019s gonna be a never-ending panic. It\u2019s gonna feature Democrats claiming we\u2019re unprepared, we\u2019re ill-equipped. Donald Trump is not doing enough. Donald Trump hasn\u2019t spoken yet. Donald Trump doesn\u2019t care, whatever.<\/p>\n

\"\"Everybody\u2019s gonna get all worked up into a frenzy, then Trump is gonna give his address to the nation at 6 p.m. And it\u2019s gonna calm everybody down. It\u2019s gonna be filled with logic and reason. It is going to make everybody understand that we\u2019re on top of it. And when it\u2019s all over, everybody is gonna feel embarrassed that they ended up getting all worked up, that they let the media get \u2019em all worked up about it. That is what\u2019s gonna happen.<\/p>\n

What do you think Trump\u2019s gonna say at 6 pm? You think he\u2019s gonna say, “We\u2019ve lost control, leave the country now, we can\u2019t protect you”? Is Trump gonna say, “I\u2019ve done everything I can, but the Democrats are right, the disease is gonna wipe us out. The best chance you\u2019ve got is to leave, maybe go to Venezuela.” Is that what he\u2019s gonna say?<\/p>\n

Is Donald Trump gonna say, “I regret going to India because I went to India, the virus got into America. If I had been here, the virus would not have come because it would have been afraid of me, but I left country, I left you exposed, I feel very bad, I\u2019m gonna resign.” Is that what he\u2019s gonna do? No, and no, and no. Gonna do the exact opposite.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here, I want you to hear this. Cookie went and got this. For some reason this really fascinates me. Maybe I\u2019m making a bigger deal out of it than I should. But this is Bloomberg attempting — he knew he had to do something to score big points, and this is how he tried to do it last night.<\/p>\n

BLOOMBERG: I think that Donald Trump thinks it would be better if he\u2019s president. I do not think so. Vladimir Putin thinks that Donald Trump should be president of the United States. And that\u2019s why Russia is helping you get elected so you\u2019ll lose to him.<\/p>\n

CROWD: (booing)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, why is it — do you hear that? You hear all that booing? The Washington Post reported that Putin wants Crazy Bernie to get elected. Okay. So Bloomberg mentions it, and they boo it? I thought the Russians meddling in our elections was a bad thing. I thought it was very, very dangerous. I thought it was really something to be very, very, very concerned about, very vigilant about. I thought it was very horrible.<\/p>\n

A major newspaper has said that the Russians want Crazy Bernie to win. Bloomberg points it out, he gets booed for pointing it out? Yet all those times the media and others claimed that the Russians wanted Trump to win, and they stood up and they applaud it and they had a special counsel to investigate it?<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here, I want you to hear this. Cookie went and got this. For some reason this really fascinates me. Maybe I\u2019m making a bigger deal out of it than I should. But this is Bloomberg attempting — he knew he had to do something to score big points, and this is how he tried to do it last night.<\/p>\n

BLOOMBERG: I think that Donald Trump thinks it would be better if he\u2019s president. I do not think so. Vladimir Putin thinks that Donald Trump should be president of the United States. And that\u2019s why Russia is helping you get elected so you\u2019ll lose to him.<\/p>\n

CROWD: (booing)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, why is it — do you hear that? You hear all that booing? The Washington Post reported that Putin wants Crazy Bernie to get elected. Okay. So Bloomberg mentions it, and they boo it? I thought the Russians meddling in our elections was a bad thing. I thought it was very, very dangerous. I thought it was really something to be very, very, very concerned about, very vigilant about. I thought it was very horrible.<\/p>\n

A major newspaper has said that the Russians want Crazy Bernie to win. Bloomberg points it out, he gets booed for pointing it out? Yet all those times the media and others claimed that the Russians wanted Trump to win, and they stood up and they applaud it and they had a special counsel to investigate it?<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Steve in Wichita, welcome, sir. Great to have you on the program. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, you sound great.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir. Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That gives us all — we feel good when you sound good. I disagreed with you the other day when you characterized the 2% as not being very high. And the reason I did is I\u2019ve been reading so much about the coronavirus \u2019cause it\u2019s kind of killing my business right now.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What is your business?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m a photographer, and I photograph products, and since China makes so many of the products that I photograph I can\u2019t get my hands on \u2019em.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ah. Okay.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Factories are all closed, so —<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m kind of dead in the water here, you know? But, anyway, 2% is a pretty high mortality rate if you look at the Spanish flu of 1918, that was between 2 and 3%, that that was the deadliest pandemic worldwide. When you say it like 98% of the people are gonna survive, that sounds pretty good, but if you consider 2% was the exact same amount pretty much as the worst —<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: Well, let\u2019s look at the flu numbers in the United States. ‘Cause I\u2019ve got \u2019em here. The flu numbers in the United States, one-tenth of 1% die.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So that\u2019s 60,000 — 30,000 a year, basically, the numbers from 2018, 2019. The majority of the ones who die are age 4 to 5 and 65 and older. Very young and the elderly. Within the middle demographics, the death rate is not anywhere near the majority of the number of people. But .1% is the American influenza death rate. We don\u2019t know what the American death rate for coronavirus is \u2019cause there haven\u2019t been any yet.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s true. But my point was characterizing 2% as not being a lot, that\u2019s just not true. I mean, 2% would be devastating, especially if this thing is anywhere near as contagious as they make it sound. You know, people are asymptomatic and they\u2019re able to spread to people without symptoms. I mean, you could feel fine and go to Walmart, who knows how many people you could spread this disease to.<\/p>\n

And then also the symptoms are just like the cold and the flu. For some people it\u2019s real mild, so they could think that they\u2019re not sick or not very sick and go out and then contaminate their whole family and send their kids to school. I mean, I completely agree with your political analysis on this. I think you\u2019re dead right. They want to weaponize this against Trump. But it doesn\u2019t take away from the fact that this thing is quite scary if you consider a 2% mortality rate. At least that\u2019s the way I see it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I\u2019m not gonna argue. The statistics are such that a 2% fatality rate for any disease is high in historical standards, especially compared to the influenza rate which is .1. But again, most of these stats right now come from China. I think the death toll in China is just still 3,000 and a little over 45,000 cases or 47, whatever the 2% number is. And the Chinese are not doing a whole lot to help people there —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — who contract this.<\/p>\n

CALLER: They\u2019re not gonna lie if those numbers are less than that, and I\u2019m certain that we should take any information we get from the Chinese government with a healthy skepticism. So I would guess if their telling us it\u2019s 2%, 2.2%, something like that, it could be more, you know? But, anyway, I just think that you should take a 2% mortality rate very seriously. That\u2019s pretty scary.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. Well, I\u2019m glad you called, sir. I appreciate the fact you got through.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You sound good. Thank you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much. Folks, I feel good. I get treatment every day and I feel fine so far, so knock on Formica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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