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Donald Trump: “Children appear to face the lowest risk of all. It's 99.995 percent of all fatalities are adults. Think of that, 99.95…”

On the recordAugust 12, 2020
Children appear to face the lowest risk of all. It's 99.995 percent of all fatalities are adults. Think of that, 99.95 that is extremely close to a hundred percent of all fatalities are adults. Each of the last five years that flu resulted in more deaths of those under 18. We believe many school districts can now reopen safely. We got to open up, we got open up our schools and open up our businesses.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Trump argues for reopening schools and businesses based on the low risk to children from COVID-19.

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