Quote(s) Of The Week - 3/2/20

 “It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump. Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. ... The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

Rush Limbaugh, describing the spread of the Covid-19 on Twitter quite erroneously (NOTE: editorial comment by KMF)

“The data over the last week, and the spread in other countries, has raised our level of concern and our level of expectation we’re going to have community spread here,” “It’s not a question of if this will happen, but when this will happen, and how many people in this country will have severe illnesses.”

Nancy Messonnier, MD, Director, Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases – defining the impact of Covid-19 across the United States quite correctly (NOTE: editorial addition by KMF)