Tells Ohio rally COVID "affects virtually nobody" as US deaths near 200,000

At a campaign rally at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio, Trump claimed the coronavirus "affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems" and asserted, "But it affects virtually nobody. It's an amazing thing." The US death toll passed 200,000 the following day, and Ohio's own health department reported thousands of pediatric cases at the time. The claim extended the documented pattern of public minimization after the Woodward tapes established that Trump privately acknowledged the virus's deadliness in February.

"But it affects virtually nobody. It's an amazing thing." Quote verified against source