He lies about how they handled the H1N1 swine flu outbreak. He’s trying to divert attention away from his failures.
CNN's fact-check team has thoroughly vetted Trump's previous false claims about the 2009 swine flu pandemic and about the Obama/Biden response. Here is one https://t.co/YFZL8otbod and here is the second https://t.co/R3MhcuKTru https://t.co/K5NNbqVngV
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 17, 2020
Your dishonesty has no limits. H1N1 was an immediate top priority & handled decisively. FDA quickly approved testing kits, issued emergency authorizations & approved rapidly developed vaccines. Approval of Obama/Biden leadership was 66% at beginning of outbreak; 57% through fall. https://t.co/JNLgsxTKZm
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) April 17, 2020
Facts on #H1N1: Within 2 wks of the id of the outbreak,@FDA approved CDC-created test kits. By September 2009 FDA had approved 4 influenza vaccines. During the crisis @CDCgov released 11 million treatment courses of Tamiflu & Relenza. #Obama led & USG agencies saved lives. https://t.co/4VL8C07o8u
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) April 17, 2020
icymi
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 17, 2020
[April 2009]
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Obama administration is handling the swine flu situation?
Approve 66%
Disapprove 16%
(Gallup Poll, 4/28/09)
more: https://t.co/uWvCNHr6um
The H1N1 flu killed 12,456 Americans, not 17K alleged here nor the more than 31K who already have perished in the pandemic @realDonaldTrump told us in February was a “hoax.”
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 17, 2020
The @BarackObama admin mobilized quickly and was consistently led by the science. It’s a good template. https://t.co/lbYjQyRrKv
Also, the rest of the world didn’t blame America despite the fact that the H1N1 swine flu came from overcrowded factory farmed pigs in North America and was first detected in California. Nobody called it the “American Pig Flu” or tried to punish America and blame the WHO.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 17, 2020
In the span of 7 minutes, @realDonaldTrump:
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) April 17, 2020
1) Claimed the federal response to H1N1 Swine Flu under a former 🇺🇸 President was a 'disaster'…
2) THEN told states the response is THEIR responsibility.
It would be helpful to clarify:
SO. WHO. IS. IN. CHARGE. OF. THE. RESPONSE? https://t.co/cf94yVEsXf pic.twitter.com/GYO0dejFeV
Approval of Obama's handling of H1N1 (@CNN Nov 2009): 57%
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 17, 2020
Approval of Trump's handling of coronavirus (@Reuters @ipsosus April 15): 48% https://t.co/3GVPdYBFRMhttps://t.co/PI3u7Xbrsx https://t.co/DTpvvmUaLs
Wonder if anyone will ask Dr. Fauci, who was there, if he viewed the Obama Admin’s handling of the H1N1 pandemic a “disaster?”
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 17, 2020
I also wonder whether @realDonaldTrump will let him answer?
Finally, I wonder why Trump feels this foolishness is helpful to him or the country? https://t.co/Jn0IAIkHBk
The official CDC number for the H1N1 swineflu was 12,000 American deaths after a year of the pandemic.
— Morten Øverbye (@morten) April 17, 2020
Current death toll of the coronavirus is 35,394 American deaths, and it is rising for every day that passes with the current incompetent handling of the pandemic.
This kind of denialism can be lethal. Pollsters found that people who watched Fox News in 2009 were less likely to say that they would get vaccinated against H1N1. Among those who advised against H1N1 vaccination on Fox News in 2009 was Donald Trump. https://t.co/CQDlO72xMb
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 17, 2020
The Obama administration was 3 months old when it called H1N1 a health emergency 6 weeks before WHO declared it a pandemic. The Trump administration was more than 3 years old when it botched the response for the coronavirus. https://t.co/22Z8sjqGeR
— Morten Øverbye (@morten) April 17, 2020
He's still comparing it to the 2009 swine flu, where a third as any people died over the course of a year? OK. https://t.co/7asu0ej6Z7
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 17, 2020
Some things dont age that well. Tronald Dump tweeting in 2009 about Swine Flu. pic.twitter.com/xsKYcH3E3g
— Real_JasonJHunter (@JJHTweets) April 17, 2020
Sad! 