re: Boomers & Old Folks in Louisiana

“We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
— Jan. 21, 2020 (interview)

“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”
— Feb. 10 (campaign rally)

“We're very close to a vaccine.”
— Feb. 25 (news conference)

“When you have 15 [cases in the United States], and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.”
— Feb. 26 (news conference)

“This is a flu. This is like a flu.”
— Feb. 26 (news conference)

“But the same vaccine could not work? You take a solid flu vaccine — you don’t think that would have an impact or much of an impact on corona?”
— March 2 (remarks)

“I don’t want any deaths, right? But over the last long period of time, when people have the flu, you have an average of 36,000 people dying. I’ve never heard those numbers. I would — I would’ve been shocked. I would’ve said, ‘Does anybody die from the flu?’ I didn’t know people died from the flu — 36,000 people died.”
— March 6 (remarks)

“Anybody that wants a test can get a test.”
— March 6 (remarks)

“We have a problem that a month ago nobody ever thought about.”
— March 16 (news conference)

“I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
— March 17 (news conference)