“With Ebola, we were talking about it before, you disintegrated. If you got Ebola, that was it. [Coronavirus] is like a flu, and this is a much different situation than Ebola.”
Donald Trump
President. at a news conference. Claim dated 26 Feb 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 26 February 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 February 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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
Links recorded by Washington Post. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Washington Post, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.