Conservative pundit Ann Coulter managed to claim the flu is more deadly than the coronavirus for people under 60 and then prove otherwise—all in the same tweet.

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“For people under 60, coronavirus is LESS dangerous than the seasonal flu,” Coulter tweeted on Tuesday, along with a graph that she likely included in order to back her claim up.

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For people under 60, coronavirus is LESS dangerous than the seasonal flu: pic.twitter.com/3EFzUSaOVo — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 24, 2020

Yet the graph did the exact opposite. The graph is from a Business Insider data story and compares the CDC’s flu death rate with South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention coronavirus death rates by age group. It shows that the death rate for COVID-19 is higher than the death rate for the flu for those under 60 (and over 60).

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While a data journalist noted that the graph’s x-axis is a bit confusing, an overwhelming amount of people pointed out that Coulter read the graph wrong, urging her to “read the fucking chart.”

Since no one is making it 100% clear: The problem with this chart is that the x-axis ranges don't line up from the left chart to the right. So it is painting a confusing picture of what's happening, and Coulter's reading of the chart is incorrect. — Alvin Chang (@alv9n) March 24, 2020

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Read the fucking chart — Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) March 24, 2020

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We'll never settle the "stupid or lying" question about the right's propagandists. But as Ann Coulter demonstrates here, you should never underestimate the degree to which they are just super super dumb. https://t.co/2snpLWrwBK — Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) March 24, 2020

For Ann Coulter, shilling Republican nonsense is LESS difficult than reading a basic chart. https://t.co/3zcjHj4P96 — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 24, 2020

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I was today years old when I learned that Ann Coulter doesn't know how to read and interpret basic graphs. pic.twitter.com/J4ULqPOzij — Andrew Kornblatt (@akornblatt) March 24, 2020

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Inability to smell and/or taste is a symptom of Covid-19. Inability to read a simple chart is a symptom of being Ann Coulter. — John August (@johnaugust) March 24, 2020

That is not what the chart shows. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 24, 2020

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This chart contradicts your words — Farkemarp (@ODChivers) March 24, 2020

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