“Compares 100,000 flu deaths to COVID-19 to say the flu is more deadly in "most populations.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. In a tweet.. Claim dated 6 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
About 210,000 people have died so far from COVID-19. For all ages over 30, COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu.
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In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 6 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2020. 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.
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