“The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The post is wrong. While COVID-19 has made assessing flu fatalities more complicated, thousands of Americans have died from influenza during the pandemic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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