“Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu.”
What FactCheck.org found
CDC says the seasonal influenza over the past decade has claimed between 12,000 and 61,000 lives each year — and on average, fewer than 40,000 lives. Twitter labeled his tweet misleading and potentially harmful.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 6 October 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2020. Its rating was “Exaggerates”.
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
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