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"It is a flu." This was what Donald Trump thought about the coronavirus less than a month ago. With more than 120,000 infected in 113 countries, yesterday the President of the United States seemed to understand the importance of this disease with the announcement of an extraordinary measure: the suspension for 30 days and starting tomorrow of all flights from Europe to the United States.

Trump, who during the speech delivered at the White House defined the pathogen that has infected almost a thousand people in the United States as "foreign virus" - Mike Pompeo , head of diplomacy, was more likely to refer to the "Wuhan virus "- He assured only a few weeks ago that the Covid-19 was" like a flu "and that" it would probably disappear in the heat. "

These are some of Donald Trump's phrases about the disease that keeps the world on edge:

"The coronavirus dies in the heat"

Interviewed on the Fox Business network, Trump stated on February 10 that "in April, supposedly, he will die in the heat." An idea that he later repeated before a group of governors: "Many people believe that the virus will go away in April, when the heat arrives":

Trump and Ebola

Perhaps to justify his nonchalance in talking about the coronavirus, Trump tried to compare this crisis to the one unleashed by Ebola a few years ago. But, mysteriously, it went wrong. On February 25, the president assured that " no one had ever heard of Ebola in 2014. " He may not have known what it was, but Ebola (with a death rate of about 50% vs. 1-2% of the coronavirus) was discovered in 1976.

"One day it will disappear, it will be a miracle"

On February 27, with the first confirmed deaths in the United States and Wall Street recording losses, Donald Trump appears before the White House to tell reporters that he expects the disease to disappear "like a miracle." "It will disappear. One day, like a miracle, it will disappear," said the president, later adding: "Things could get worse before they improve." " But maybe he'll leave. We'll see. No one really knows ."

Minimize deaths from coronavirus

"Last year 37,000 Americans died from the common flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing closes, life and the economy continue. So far there are 546 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 22 deaths. Think about it! "Said the American president last Monday. In just a few days, the number of infected people has practically doubled in the country.

"We will have the vaccine soon"

Last March 2, during a rally in Charlotte (North Carolina), Trump said that he had held a meeting with "a lot of big companies" and that "they are going to have vaccines relatively soon. And they will also have something for people to feel better, and that will happen even sooner. "

According to the WHO, the coronavirus vaccine will not be available for at least 18 months . At this same rally Turmp also boasted that "the United States is by far the best prepared country to deal with the epidemic" (a fact that can probably only be verified once the epidemic has been contained worldwide, a future scenario on which experts do not dare to forecast).

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