For weeks, conservative media joined Trump in downplaying the threat of the novel coronavirus - News Summed Up

For weeks, conservative media joined Trump in downplaying the threat of the novel coronavirus


The strain of coronavirus that’s spreading now is new, which is why it’s so effective at infecting people: No one has immunity. ADAD“The fatality rate of this virus is less than the flu, far less than the flu,” Limbaugh said. “Rush Limbaugh: Democrats ‘hoping’ to ‘destroy Trump and the economy’ as coronavirus spreads,” a headline published Wednesday read. Shortly before Trump spoke, The Washington Post looked at how Americans were responding to the coronavirus threat. Most Republicans told pollsters that they saw the threat of coronavirus as exaggerated and expressed lower concern about being infected.


Source: Washington Post March 12, 2020 15:56 UTC



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