“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
Rush Limbaugh
Radio host. on his radio show. Claim dated 24 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
Rush Limbaugh (Radio host) made this claim around 24 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 February 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Rush Limbaugh has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rushlimbaugh.comhttps://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/02/24/overhyped-coronavirus-weaponized-against-tr…
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