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Checked by PolitiFact15 Sep 2020United States Health

Dan Forest, North Carolina Lt. Governor

“All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Forest cherry-picked the stat and then presented it as a medical consensus. Experts say it's difficult to compare the diseases.

Checked by PolitiFact7 May 2020United States Health

Dan Forest, North Carolina Lt. Governor

“We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: He compared diseases that started at different times, cherry-picked the worst-case US estimate, and ignored state numbers that don't support his claim.