Musician Ted Nugent was going viral on Twitter TWTR, -0.46% on Monday over a recent Facebook Live video where the Motor City Madman shared some of his concerns — and, clearly, confusion — about COVID-19.
— Ted Nugent Viewers were quick to offer him and anyone else who’s forgotten where we got the name COVID-19 from a refresher, leading the singer’s name to trend on Twitter throughout the day. Fact-checking site Snopes also wrote an article explaining that the number 19 refers to the fact that the virus was discovered in 2019.
Now, there have been at least six other noteworthy coronaviruses that have infected humans before this one, including severe acute respiratory syndrome between 2002 and 2004, and Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2012. But COVID-19 was propelled to pandemic status because it has appeared to spread much more easily than these previous coronaviruses, in large part due to asymptomatic carriers who may not have even realized that they were infected.
In fact, more than 562,341 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University, and the country is facing another surge of COVID-19 cases in some states — notably, Nugent’s native Michigan. The novel coronavirus has killed almost 3 million people worldwide.
Can't cure stupid.
'The first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don’t know you’re a member of the Dunning-Kruger club.' - David Dunning
It's funny bc giving him attention legitimizes him, especially when more than just one article with a similar headline is in your social media feed.
Shit for brains
horrible
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