Donald Trump was recently warned against spreading incorrect information about the deadly Coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China.
Last week, the POTUS shared details from his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said that the Coronavirus will be killed in April when the weather becomes warmer. However, there are no studies to support Trump’s claim.
Dr. Ravinder Kanda of Oxford Brookes University warned the lack of information about Coronavirus. He also said that everyone shouldn’t take the virus for granted during the warmer weather.
“Little is known about the seasonal dynamics of this particular virus – we cannot take it for granted that the warmer weather will drive the virus out of existence,” he told Newsweek.
Professor Paul Digard of the University of Edinburgh echoed his statements. He said that it is true that some viruses spread more during the colder months, but there is no proof that the same thing happens with Coronavirus.
“What evidence there is comes by analogy with other viruses—some other coronaviruses and more distantly related respiratory viruses such as influenza, which do tend to transmit better in the winter months. It’s certainly possible that spring in the northern hemisphere will decrease transmission, but this isn’t guaranteed as we don’t yet know enough about the new virus to be sure,” he said.
Trump was mocked for seemingly suggesting that he knows a lot about Coronavirus when he really doesn’t.
“You are clueless when it comes to healthcare. Your plan to stop the Coronavirus is to wait until April when somehow it will magically go away. And your plan B is to count on China to stop it. Let’s be serious. American lives are at risk here,” Twitter user @RobertRDukes2 said.
“What about the comment @realDonaldTrump *stable genius* made, saying that the Coronavirus would *die very soon because the heat will kill it or something like that!* He’s an unstable [expletive], not his incorrect self-description term,” Twitter user @BeJeweled615 said.