“Children are “almost immune from this disease.”
Donald Trump
President. Claim dated 5 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
While children represent far fewer cases than adults in the U.S., they can catch COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 5 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- video.foxnews.comhttps://video.foxnews.com/v/6178377763001#sp=show-clips
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