“It took [President Barack] Obama ‘millions infected and over 1,000 deaths’ to declare the H1N1 flu a health emergency,” but President Donald Trump “declared a health emergency” before the first coronavirus death.”
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Claim dated 30 Mar 2020.
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This claim spread on social media around 30 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 March 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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