Ever since the first case of Ebola appeared in America a few weeks back, Glenn Beck’s response has steadily become more and more schizophrenic, as he has begun spending show and show utterly freaking out about how the disease will soon kill hundreds of thousands of people and destroy the U.S. economy while occasionally reassuring his audience that he is actually strangely calm in his “spirit,” which makes him think that the outbreak won’t turn into a unmitigated crisis and complete global disaster.
The target of most of his rage has been the federal government and especially the Centers for Disease Control, both of whom he has routinely accused of not only utter incompetence but outright criminal negligence. As such, Beck offered a bit of life-saving advice to his listeners today: “Whatever the government says to do, don’t.”
“Listen to me carefully, America,” Beck said. “Listen to me. This may actually save your life someday. I want you to remember this: whatever the government says to do, don’t!”
Declaring that just as he was mocked when he warned that the city of New Orleans and the government were unprepared to deal with a major hurricane but was then proven right when Hurricane Katrina hit the city a year later, Beck told his audience not to listen when government officials tell them to gather at specific sites in response to an Ebola outbreak.
“This could save your life,” Beck said. “Whenever the government says, ‘Hey, everybody come on over here,’ don’t go there. Don’t go there”:
