The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many skeptics, who called it a “lirus” (lie + virus).
 
“Infected with the Lirus? (that’s a cross between a lie and a virus)” was posted on Twitter by Fake Internet News on February 22, 2013. “#Lirus?” was posted on Twitter by Classic Movies 🎞 on March 11, 2020. “Donald trump called it #lirus” was posted on Twitter by TXN_910 a few minutes later on March 11, 2020. The tweets on March 11th were on the belief that U.S. President Donald Trump might have said “lie-rus” for “virus.”
   
“Lierus” (lie + virus) is another spelling.
   
 
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
     
Twitter
Fake Internet News
@FakeWebNews
Replying to @ShannonVyff
@ShannonVyff Infected with the Lirus? (that’s a cross between a lie and a virus)
12:00 AM · Feb 22, 2013·Twitter Web Client
 
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Classic Movies 🎞
@ClassicMP
#Lirus?
9:05 PM · Mar 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
TXN_910
@Txns_jy
Donald trump called it #lirus 🤦🏻‍♂️
9:08 PM · Mar 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
RevertingToChildhood
@AintGonnaGrowUp
Replying to @ServantPhilemon @DaisyRo33871707 and @ddale8
I was laughing too hard at his pronouncing of virus as #Lirus to pay attention to his other screwups
10:52 PM · Mar 11, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
Twitter
RevertingToChildhood
@AintGonnaGrowUp
So, in order to make it about himself, his repeated reference to a #lirus must be mean he is finally acknowledging the #LyingVirus, which he has long suffered from.
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
· Mar 12
“Nancy Pelosi all of a sudden doesn’t like the payroll tax cut, but when Obama proposed it she thought it was a brilliant thing that all of the working families would benefit from because if you get a paycheck, you’re going to take home more money.” @kilmeade @foxandfriends
7:10 AM · Mar 12, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
RevertingToChildhood
@AintGonnaGrowUp
Replying to @LindseyGrahamSC and @realDonaldTrump
Yeah, the markets reacted so positively to his roadmap for conquering this #lirus…er, virus.
9:19 PM · Mar 12, 2020·Twitter Web App
     
Twitter
•Veviss•
@veronicapneto
Corona LÍRUS
1:40 PM · Mar 15, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
guireme
@fodacslaa
Replying to @alixia_bea
corona lirus
2:03 PM · Mar 23, 2020·Twitter for Android