Not to Trump, apparently, who in his visit to the CDC in Atlanta on Friday said, hours after this story was first published, that 36,000 people a year die from the flu, which he compared to the coronavirus. Trump went on: “I never heard those numbers. I would’ve been shocked. I would’ve said, ‘Does anybody die from the flu? I didn’t know people died from the flu.’"
During the roundtable, Trump also asked if the seasonal flu shot could be used to prevent coronavirus in the meantime.
"You take a solid flu vaccine, you don’t think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?" Trump asked.
"No," a pharmaceutical researcher attending the meeting replied.
None of these facts stopped the president from patting himself on the back as he bragged about being as smart as the public health experts tasked with handling the situation.
“People are really surprised I understand this stuff,” Trump said during a press briefing at the CDC. “Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability.”
During the roundtable, Trump also asked if the seasonal flu shot could be used to prevent coronavirus in the meantime.
"You take a solid flu vaccine, you don’t think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?" Trump asked.
"No," a pharmaceutical researcher attending the meeting replied.
None of these facts stopped the president from patting himself on the back as he bragged about being as smart as the public health experts tasked with handling the situation.
“People are really surprised I understand this stuff,” Trump said during a press briefing at the CDC. “Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability.”
