Claim: President Donald Trump recently said "close to 100 million people died" from the 1918 Spanish flu, and that "if you got it you had a 50/50 chance, or very close, of dying." But 100 million is a high-end estimate of global deaths from that influenza pandemic, and we found no evidence the case fatality rate for those who had it was 50%.
Fact-check: Trump's Suspect Spanish Flu Claims - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president donald trump recently said "close to 100 million people died" from the 1918 spanish flu, and that "if you got it you had a 50/50 chance, or very close, of dying." but 100 million is a high-end estimate of global deaths from that influenza pandemic, and we found no evidence the case fatality rate for those who had it was 50%.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2020-03-25T20:35:14