Here is a timeline of Trump’s comments on coronavirus:
Feb. 7 (tweet):*”… as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”
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Feb. 10:*“I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.”
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Feb. 14:*“We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12. Many of them are getting better.*Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”
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Feb. 19:*“I think it’s going to work out fine. I think when we get into April, in the warmer weather, that has a very negative effect on*that and that type of a virus. So let’s see what happens, but I think it’s going to work out fine.”
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Feb. 24 (tweet):*“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. … Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
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Feb. 25:*“You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people*that have it are … getting better. They’re all getting better. … As far as what we’re doing with the new virus, I think that we’re doing a great job.”
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Feb. 26:*“Because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low. … When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple*of days is going to be down to close to zero. That’s a pretty good job we’ve done.”
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Feb. 28:*“I think it’s really going well. … We’re prepared for the worst, but we think we’re going to be very fortunate.”
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Feb. 28:*“It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
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Feb. 28:*“This is their new hoax.”
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March 4:*“Some people will have this at a very light level and won’t even go to a doctor or hospital, and they’ll get better. There are*many people like that.”
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March 9 (tweet):*“So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut*down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!”
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March 10:*“And it hit the world. And we’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go*away.”
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March 11:*“I think we’re going to get through it very well.”
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March 12:*“It’s going to go away. ... The United States, because of what I did and what the administration did with China, we have 32 deaths*at this point … when you look at the kind of numbers that you’re seeing coming out of other countries, it’s pretty amazing when you think of it.”
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March 15:*“This is a very contagious virus. It’s incredible. But it’s something that we have tremendous control over.”
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March 16:*“If you’re talking about the virus, no, that’s not under control for any place in the world.”
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March 17:*“I’ve always known this is a, this is a real, this is a pandemic … I’ve felt that it was a pandemic long before it was called*a pandemic.”
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