Flu.Watch - Influenza News and Updates
Reports on the Coronavirus and Influenza Around the World
  • Home
  • Updates
Navigation: Main Page > Updates > Trump was stating a fact when he said children are less susceptible to coronavirus, White House insists

Breaking News

Answers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the world
Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.
Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn
What’s in Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan
Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan calls for stimulus checks, unemployment support and more

Updates

Trump was stating a fact when he said children are less susceptible to coronavirus, White House insists

Editor CNBC, Yahoo News August 6, 2020

Getty Images
Getty Images

Donald Trump was “stating a fact” when he said that children are less susceptible to Covid-19, a White House official has said after Facebook removed a post in which the president made false claims about the virus.

Courtney Parella, deputy national press secretary, accused Facebook and Twitter of “flagrant bias” after the tech giants penalised Trump and his campaign team for promoting a video in which the president claimed children are “almost immune” from the disease.

“The president was stating a fact that children are less susceptible to the coronavirus,” Ms Parella said in a statement. “Another day, another display of Silicon Valley’s flagrant bias against this president, where the rules are only enforced in one direction. Social media companies are not the arbiters of truth.”

The row relates to comments Trump made in a call in with Fox News …continued .
[Source: CNBC News]

Related Posts

Updates /

Answers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the world

Updates /

Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.

Updates /

Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn

‹ Joe Biden Hits Trump’s Biggest Boast With A Brutal Coronavirus Reality Check › Employers Are Discriminating Against Mothers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
January 2021
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Dec    

Recent Updates

  • Answers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the worldAnswers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the world
  • Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.
  • Biden Outlines $1Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn
  • What’s in Biden’s $1What’s in Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan
  • Biden's $1Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan calls for stimulus checks, unemployment support and more

Flu Watch Monthly Archives

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020

Browse by Popular Tag

Business Insider BuzzFeed CBS News Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CNBC CNN Fox News Huffington Post New York Times The Guardian Washington Post World Health Organization Yahoo News

Back to Top

  • DMCA / Copyright
(c) 2020 Flu.Watch