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A CNBC host said everyone should be infected with coronavirus to quell fears that have impacted the economy.

Rick Santelli claimed the death rate would be the same as if quarantine measures were in place.

The US has more than 329 million citizens, so far only a little over 230 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

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CNBC’s Rick Santelli suggested everyone should get the novel coronavirus because the current panic is negatively impacting the economy.

Santelli appeared on CNBC’s “The Exchange,” where he iterated he was “not a doctor” but made a comparison between the generic flu and the coronavirus that causes the disease known as COVID-19.

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.

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