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- CNBC commentator Rick Santelli is facing a backlash after suggesting Thursday that the US may be "better off" if everyone contracted coronavirus now in order to more quickly stabilize markets.
- Santelli argued that months of preventative health measures like quarantine would have a more damaging effect on the economy than infecting everyone now because "in a month it would be over."
- Coronavirus cases have approached 100,000 globally with more than 3,000 deaths, mostly in China. More than 100 cases have been confirmed across 13 states in the US. Markets are plunging as the virus spreads.
- Santelli apologized Friday morning.
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This is absolutely horrifying.
Rick Santelli on @CNBC says we should consider giving coronavirus to everybody to just get it over with.
That way it won’t wreak so much havoc on the economy.
This is your brain on capitalism.pic.twitter.com/Uv5UYyKtxy
“baby, sneeze in my mouth.” - rick santelli https://t.co/guucRs0Ut2
— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) March 5, 2020This is what happens when money is your god.https://t.co/0xwu6St3MJ
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