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President Donald Trump claimed Monday at an Ohio campaign rally that the coronavirus poses little threat to young people and \u201caffects virtually nobody,\u201d as the number of Americans to have died from Covid-19 climbed toward 200,000 in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt affects elderly people. Elderly people with heart problems and other problems. If they have other problems, that\u2019s what it really affects,\u201d Trump told<\/a> supporters at an airport outside Toledo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s it. You know, in some states, thousands of people, nobody young. Below the age of 18, like, nobody,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey have a strong immune system, who knows. You look \u2014 take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It\u2019s an amazing thing.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n