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COVID Killed Fewer People than a Flu Season (April 24)

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26th May 2020
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COVID Killed Fewer People than a Flu Season (April 24)
“You know, weve still had more deaths to the flu this year than weve had COVID-19" (Getty Images)

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During a Facebook livestream by the North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest claimed on April 24th that at that time COVID had killed fewer people than the 2019-2020 flu season.

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