Claim: "President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life."
Fact-check: Figures showing H1N1 was worse than COVID-19 are misleading
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2020-03-18T00:00:00