Trump: Coronavirus “Affects Virtually Nobody” [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports:

In front of a crowd of mostly maskless supporters not adhering to social distancing in Swanton, Ohio, Trump suggested only older Americans with heart problems and preexisting conditions truly need to fear the virus. “It affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems. That’s what it really affects,” the president said.

“In some states, thousands of people — nobody young. Below the age of 18, like, nobody. They have a strong immune system, who knows? Take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It’s an amazing thing.”

In one of his interviews with Woodward for his book “Rage,” Trump acknowledged downplaying the severity of covid-19, saying that the virus affected “plenty of young people.” “Now it’s turning out it’s not just old people, Bob,” Trump told Woodward. “But just today, and yesterday, some startling facts came out. It’s not just old, older.”

I’m tweeting this from the basement where I’ve been sleeping since Tuesday b/c my E.R.-nurse wife has COVID & is in isolation upstairs, as sick as I’ve seen her in 15 years, left alone to fret about long-term illness or worse, & worry if she infected her parents, our kids, or me. https://t.co/ModL14ruC5

— Mile High Brendan (@MileHighBrendan) September 22, 2020

They should turn this into a 30 second spot and run it in retirement communities. https://t.co/C5gVngsjfG

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 22, 2020

He’ll say the same thing when it’s killed 2 million. https://t.co/uwVSyFGfD4

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 22, 2020