“COVID-19 “has killed less people than the damn flu.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 April 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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