February 7, 2020

Trump told Bob Woodward, “You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed.”  “And so that’s a very tricky one.  That’s a very delicate one.  It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flus.”  “This is deadly stuff.”  At that time, Trump was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than a seasonal flu, and it would soon disappear.