Fact Check: President Trump Compares COVID-19 To The Flu

President Donald Trump returned to the White House Monday night after being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center.

By Stephanie Kim
Fact Check: President Trump Compares COVID-19 To The Flu
President Donald Trump walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after receiving treatment as a covid-19 patient, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. Evan Vucci / AP Photo
Fact Check: President Trump Compares COVID-19 To The Flu
President Donald Trump walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after receiving treatment as a covid-19 patient, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. Evan Vucci / AP Photo

Fact Check: President Trump Compares COVID-19 To The Flu

President Donald Trump returned to the White House Monday night after being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center.

By Stephanie Kim
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Just days after receiving unprecedented care for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center, President Donald Trump is comparing the virus to the flu.

Reset checks in with a physician at Northwestern University to discuss President Trump’s comments on COVID-19 and the differences between the virus and the flu.

GUEST: Dr. Sadiya Khan, assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine