Lie April 6, 2020 · Press conference · Coronavirus

“Take a look at the swine flu. Right? That's H1N1. Take a look at that. And it's not the other way around, by the way. It's H1N1. Take a look -- you know what I mean by that. Take a look at the swine flu. It was a disaster; 17,000 people died. The other administra- -- they didn't even know -- it was like they didn't even know it was here.”

Said
April 6, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Coronavirus
Repeated
62 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18606)

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