Facebook removes 'harmful' video from Trump page claiming children are 'almost immune' as he echoes claim during press conference
Facebook has removed a video from Donald Trump's page in which he falsely claimed during an interview with Fox News that children are "almost immune" to the coronavirus.
"This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from Covid-19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful Covid misinformation," the platform said.
Asked about his remarks during a press conference on Wednesday, the president said that children are able to "throw it off" and are less likely to get sick compared to adults, though the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and other health experts have found that children are equally vulnerable to transmitting the virus.
"I'm talking about, from getting very sick," he said. "If you look at children, they're able to throw it off very easily. ... Children handle it very well. They may get it, but it doesn't have much of an impact on them."
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