J, let me mention once more, one of the reasons this pandemic is so concerning to the medical community is because it is all new..
It is not the Flu..
We do not seem to be as effective as some other countries, but it is not so much the delay.. more of a problem has been trump refusal to see what is happening in front of our eyes. and his..
Never before have we had this virus.. no one knows how it will play out.. could recur in people as a second round. it could become as common as the winter colds each year.. it could leave after effects that harm the apparently cured patient..
Other countries, If i paid attention, it seems Italy and S.K. are the good and bad extremes of reaction and we are following about 2 weeks behind Italy as the bad reaction role..
I know you hate the NYT but the rest of the world does not.. this is one story, many links to the similar information on the search..
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/opinion/trump-coronavirus.htmlA Complete List of Trump’s Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus
He could have taken action. He didn’t.
President Trump made his first public comments about the coronavirus on Jan. 22, in a television interview from Davos with CNBC’s Joe Kernen. The first American case had been announced the day before, and Kernen asked Trump, “Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?”
The president responded: “No. Not at all. And 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.”
By this point, the seriousness of the virus was becoming clearer. It had spread from China to four other countries. China was starting to take drastic measures and was on the verge of closing off the city of Wuhan.
In the weeks that followed, Trump faced a series of choices. He could have taken aggressive measures to slow the spread of the virus. He could have insisted that the United States ramp up efforts to produce test kits. He could have emphasized the risks that the virus presented and urged Americans to take precautions if they had reason to believe they were sick. He could have used the powers of the presidency to reduce the number of people who would ultimately get sick.
J, let me mention once more, one of the reasons th... (