Claim: U.S. President Trump acknowledged that COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu in early February 2020, but continued to downplay the pandemic as "like the flu" in public.
Fact-check: Did Trump Say in February 2020 That COVID-19 Is Deadlier Than the Flu?
Verdict: correct attribution
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Evon
Date published: 2020-09-09T11:43:56