Posted on 04/08/2021 6:04:37 AM PDT by mylife
Ted Nugent has suggested the novel coronavirus is referred to as COVID-19 because there have been 18 other coronaviruses.
The outspoken conservative rocker's factual error was part of his Facebook Live stream earlier today (Wednesday, April 7) in which he lamented the cancelation of musical shows in 2020 and 2021 because the pandemic forced restrictions on large public gatherings.
COVID-19 is short for Coronavirus Disease 2019, which is the year it was identified. The World Health Organization announced the name in February 2020.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "CO" stands for "corona," "VI" stands for "virus," and "D" stands for "disease." Before the WHO formalized a name for the disease, it was referred to as the "2019 novel coronavirus" or "2019-nCoV."
"This year's tour is canceled again," Nugent said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "The production companies won't let us tour again this year. Dirty bastard, lying, scam, smoke-and-mirrors COVID-19 freaks.
"You know, I guess I would ask you, because I'm addicted to truth, logic and common sense, and my common sense meter would demand the answer to, why weren't we shut down for COVID-1 through -18?" he continued. "There was a COVID-1, and there was a COVID-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18. COVID-1 through -18 didn't shut anything down, but woah, COVID-19 [did], even though it's 99.8 percent survivable. Why didn't we shut down for the AIDS epidemic or the flu or the Spanish Flu or the bird flu or the West Nile flu or influenza every year?"
Nugent also once again repeated a narrative pushed by conservative media and disputed by health experts that suggests the official death count from the coronavirus is inflated.
"They claim five hundred thousand people have died from COVID-19," he said. "Bullshit. I believe that medical examiners in all 50 states have gone, 'I put down on the death certificate that he died of asphyxiation, but they made me put COVID.' 'Well, this guy was stabbed to death, but they made me put down COVID.' 'This guy was run over by a tandem gravel truck doing a four-wheel drift and the crows be pecking at your flesh, but they made me put down COVID-19.'"
we see through the smoke.
The bars here are open and have bands. I look forward to hearing good music every Thursday night at my favorite dive.
comon down to the vfw ted, we’ll buy you a dr pepper and rock out.
Wow you’re 88!
maybe he intentionally twisted around the identification number theory to get a response... 🤔
check your math.
Frank Zappa New Years Eve 1974 first concert
its a retarded identification system intended to make noninsiders fools
The other 18?
Face — meet palm.
“They claim five hundred thousand people have died from COVID-19,” he said. “Bullshit. I believe that medical examiners in all 50 states have gone, ‘I put down on the death certificate that he died of asphyxiation, but they made me put COVID.’ ‘Well, this guy was stabbed to death, but they made me put down COVID.’ ‘This guy was run over by a tandem gravel truck doing a four-wheel drift and the crows be pecking at your flesh, but they made me put down COVID-19.’”
I think it’s a couple of other things. Dying with covid counted as dying of covid for one. Then there’s a matter of $14k that fedgov is giving states for each covid death. Does anyone not think hospital admins, workers and coroners in Big Blue cities, wouldn’t start calling everything covid? These are dem voters who’s motto for elections has been vote early and often. These are the same type of people that took part in the 2020 Steal. Then of course there’s the nursing home fiasco in 5 blue states.
Wouldn’t surprise me if the true number of covid deaths is a tenth of what we’re hearing.
Um... there were not 18 other Covids. The novel coronavirus is called COVID-19 because it showed up in the year 2019.
He also was not alive during the time of the great 1917-1919 pandemic of the “Spanish flu,” so has no personal experience with the fact that the country DID shut down and people were required to mask up during that time.
The above paragraph brings to mind exactly why so many people have fallen for misinformation and won’t believe the scientists who are actually studying the virus. We live in an age where infectious disease is mostly controlled. Although infectious diseases are still in the top ten list of causes of death, they are no longer responsible for over half the deaths that occur. This is because we developed vaccines, antibiotics, and antivirals that enable people to either avoid dangerous diseases or fight off those for which there are no vaccines. So, when a new disease comes along that is highly contagious and has a fairly high death rate, a minority of people do not believe it is serious because they never lived in an age when people were more likely to die of infectious disease than any other cause. They haven’t seen it, therefore it does not exist.
Dear Ted Nugent should have checked with a scientist before spouting off like that. He’s a rocker, not a scientist, and like any rocker, he should “Shut Up and Sing,” in the words of Ann Coulter.
I believe zappa was the best show I ever saw, circa 76/77 in the beautiful Stanley theater
RIP Frank
If Uncle Ted hasn't a clue as to what he's talking about I'm not sure I want to follow him. Stick to rock and guns and hunting and thing he knows.
thanks karen
btw i used to like ann, but omg she is so ridiculous.
I wonder what chers opinion is?
i did not mean to piss anyone off but gosh you have to admit that giving up your freedom is frightening
joe never misspeaks all hail joe! don the mask!
Yeah, and leave the “science” to the real experts like Fauci, the CDC, and WHO. /sarc
hey they are changing the world... /s
So you would leave the science to Nugent and the music to Fauci, the CDC, and WHO?
So you would leave the science to Nugent and the music to Fauci, the CDC, and WHO?
I would ask that they leave me alone.
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