Citing asymptomatic coronavirus cases, Rush Limbaugh says “the country should never have been shut down” Video file Video Player 00:00 02:13 SHARE Citation From the May 4, 2020, edition of Premiere Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show [https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/citing-asymptomatic-coronavirus-cases-rush-limbaugh-says-country-should-never] May 04, 2020 Today, Rush Limbaugh on his show said: "I want you to listen to this from the Scarf Queen, Dr. Deborah Birx. This is Saturday night. She was on with Judge Jeanine on the Fox News Channel. And the question from Judge Jeanine, “As we test people, we know more and more have it, and we’re learning that the lethality rate,' the mortality rate, the death rate, 'is so much lower than we thought.” BIRX: "I think we underestimated very early on the number of asymptomatic cases... " "... RUSH: Wait just a second. This is not some indiscriminate, minor little miscalculation. This may be one of the pri