WorldNetDaily, as we all know, loves a good conspiracy theory, so it quickly jumped on the one Rush Limbaugh is peddling, courtesy of a republished Jan. 29 Western Journal article by Carmine Sabia:
Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh sounded the alarm on the origins of new diseases as well as older ones that were thought to be eradicated but are making a comeback.
All of these diseases are coming from leftist communities, both in the United States and abroad, Limbaugh noted.
[…]On his program Friday, Limbaugh talked about the coronavirus outbreak as well as other diseases that have been hitting the state of California hard. Those include typhoid fever, typhus, hepatitis A, staph and tuberculosis.
“Where are all of these deadly viruses coming from?” the host asked, according to the transcript on his official website. “Communist countries. This latest virus that’s got everybody scared to death, where is it coming from? The ChiComs.
“What’s happening in all of these homeless tent cities in California? Medieval diseases that had been eradicated are starting to crop up.”
Limbaugh continued, “Do not doubt me when I tell you that liberalism, left-wingism, socialism, communism, whatever, folks, it destroys.
Despite this being a supposed “news” article, Sabia piled on with biased opinion, rating that cities trying to help homeless people “is not compassion; it is lunacy,” with an added side swipe at “cities’ welcoming policies toward illegal aliens.” Sabia finally concludes: “If people want to get serious about fixing the homeless crisis and the diseases it brings, they have to get to the root of the issue. Leftism.”
The slow apparent merger between WND and Western Journal doesn’t seem to have altered WND’s basic editorial agenda one bit.