“The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic "was a flu where if you got it you had a 50/50 chance, or very close, of dying.”
Donald Trump
President. Town hall event. Claim dated 24 Mar 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisNo Evidence
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 24 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.
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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