President Trump claimed on Tuesday that the U.S. was “close to 15 percent” immunity, appearing to support the idea of developing herd immunity to combat the coronavirus, an idea health experts have widely disputed as dangerous.
During a press conference at the White House coronavirus summit, a reporter asked Trump what he would say to the American people in regards to the increasing number of cases. Trump responded by appearing to paint the high number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. in a positive light.
“I think that the vaccine was our goal. That was No. 1, because that was the way it ends,” said Trump. “Plus, you do have an immunity. You develop immunity over a period of time and I hear we’re close to 15 percent, I’m hearing that and that is terrific. That’s a very powerful vaccine in itself.”
Donald Trump today said it’s “terrific” that nearly 15 percent of Americans have contracted a disease that’s killed nearly 300,000 of us this year and it’s like, yawn, just Trump being Trump pic.twitter.com/VcXXM3iu3M
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 9, 2020
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The Washington Post notes that it is unclear where Trump got the 15 percent number, especially since the U.S. has surpassed 15 million coronavirus cases, making up less than 5 percent of the population.
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Trump claims US nearly at 15 percent coronavirus immunity: "That's a very powerful vaccine in itself" https://t.co/ogQymKPTo4 pic.twitter.com/2I46jkBRAM
— The Hill (@thehill) December 9, 2020
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