Please review this list and find fact based, scientific evidence for these statements.
The claim: The coronavirus would weaken “when we get into April, in the warmer weather—that has a very negative effect on that, and that type of a virus.”
The Atlantic is lying. He clearly didn’t say it
would weaken.
"Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China. He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter of only days. Nothing is easy, but…he will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm &
the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone."
The claim: The outbreak would be temporary:
“It’s going to disappear. One day it’s like a miracle—it will disappear.”
More spin. I’m not a scientist or anything but I get that, when all the way back in Feb. with the little info we had, many were still hopeful that this would act like other coronaviruses and disappear or greatly lessen in warmer weather. The SARS virus actually did disappear and since this is SARS2, there was great hope that it would act the same. But again. He didn’t lie. He expressed hope that it would disappear.
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Trump, Feb. 10: “And by the way, the virus. … It looks like by April, you know
in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away —
I hope that’s true. But we’re doing great in our country. China, I spoke with President Xi, and they’re working very, very hard. And I think it’s going to all work out fine. Rough stuff, I tell you, rough, rough stuff. But I think it’s going to work out good. We only have 11 cases, and they’re all getting better."