Facebook Pulls Trump Video for Covid Misinformation on Kids
- Trump told Fox News children were ‘virtually immune’ to virus
- Post violated Facebook’s Covid-19 misinformation policy
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Facebook Inc. removed a post from U.S. President Donald Trump’s page on its social network for violating the company’s policy on coronavirus misinformation.
The video posted included an interview Trump did Wednesday with Fox News in which he said children are “virtually immune” to getting the Covid-19 coronavirus. “They don’t have a problem, they just don’t have a problem,” Trump added, as part of an argument for why schools should reopen. “It doesn’t have an impact on them. I’ve watched some doctors say they’re totally immune.”