“I never had the flu. And I come to the White House, 'Sir, we have to give you a flu shot.' ... And I took it. I don't know if I should have. Who knows?”
What FactCheck.org found
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says each year the flu vaccine saves thousands of lives and prevents tens of thousands of hospitalizations.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 14 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 May 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “CDC: Get Flu Shot”.
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
- washingtonexaminer.comhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-to-salena-zito-joe-has-absolutely-no-ide…
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