Hey, Ted Nugent: This is what ‘COVID-19’ means — and, no, it’s not the 19th coronavirus – By Nicole Lyn Pesce (Marketwatch) / April 12 2021
The musician went viral on social media after asking why there were no lockdowns for ‘COVID 1-18’
Just what the doctor didn’t order …
Musician Ted Nugent was going viral on Twitter on Monday over a recent Facebook Live video where the Motor City Madman shared some of his concerns — and, clearly, confusion — about COVID-19.
While complaining about the yearlong pandemic canceling his tour for a second time, Nugent, 72, called the production companies that won’t let him hit the road “dirty bastard, lying, scam, smoke-and-mirrors COVID-19 freaks.”
He then went on to say that his “common-sense meter would demand [an] answer” to this question:
‘Why weren’t we shut down for COVID 1-18?’ — 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.
