One of America’s top syndicated conservative radio hosts blasted Rush Limbaugh over his lack of concern as the novel coronavirus pandemic expands across the United States.
Talk show host Michael Savage, who holds a Ph.D. in nutritional ethnomedicine, criticized Limbaugh after the nationally syndicated host repeatedly downplayed rising concerns about COVID-19 on his radio show this week.
“President Trump declares a national emergency but Limbaugh continues to spread the panic of complacency,” tweeted Savage on Friday. “Did Rush ever study the germ theory of disease-or, does he think all disease caused by the miasma of liberalism.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY BUT LIMBAUGH CONTINUES TO SPREAD THE PANIC OF COMPLACENCY….DID RUSH EVER STUDY THE GERM THEORY OF DISEASE-OR, DOES HE THINK ALL DISEASE CAUSED BY THE MIASMA OF LIBERALISM?
— Michael Savage (@ASavageNation) March 13, 2020
Trump is expected to declare a national emergency during an address from the Oval Office at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday.
In late February, Limbaugh claimed the Chinese Communist Party was attempting to use the virus as a weapon against the reelection of Trump. He also claimed that Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party were a greater threat to American safety than the virus, which has killed over 5,000 people and infected more than 100,000 people worldwide.
On Friday, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Europe is the new “epicenter” of the disease, which has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people in Italy. On Thursday, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde demanded a cash infusion to curtail the economic downturn as a result of the disease.
