The coronavirus is serious and those claiming it is a media hype to hurt Trump are simply wrong.
You can see that by how Trump, finally, sees the seriousness of it and has changed his tone and the actions he is taking.
Trump didn't cause the coronavirus, obviously, but he is absolutely to blame for how horrific this response has been. All of you getting quarantined and saying, "this is BS," have one person to blame: Trump. The economic crash we will experience, the hit to our health care, and a good proportion of those that will get sick and die will do so due to a President that didn't take the threat seriously, and destroyed our chances to catch it early and respond. There are a multitude of ways he bungled it, but one obvious one was his decision to not learn from our past and disband the pandemic response team. From an article in 2018:
"The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack."
"His exit comes against the backdrop of other administration actions critics say have weakened health security preparedness, including dwindling financing for early preventive action against infectious disease threats abroad."
"“It (administration actions) seems to actively unlearn the lessons we learned through very hard experience over the last 15 years,” said Konyndyk, now a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. “These moves make us materially less safe. It’s inexplicable.”"
“The threat of pandemic flu is the number one health security concern,” she told the audience. “Are we ready to respond? I fear the answer is no.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...BB5Et8uH9zdRDWNjz4kMxWYQaEa63I0xn709N7rmRQKsM
You can see that by how Trump, finally, sees the seriousness of it and has changed his tone and the actions he is taking.
Trump didn't cause the coronavirus, obviously, but he is absolutely to blame for how horrific this response has been. All of you getting quarantined and saying, "this is BS," have one person to blame: Trump. The economic crash we will experience, the hit to our health care, and a good proportion of those that will get sick and die will do so due to a President that didn't take the threat seriously, and destroyed our chances to catch it early and respond. There are a multitude of ways he bungled it, but one obvious one was his decision to not learn from our past and disband the pandemic response team. From an article in 2018:
"The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack."
"His exit comes against the backdrop of other administration actions critics say have weakened health security preparedness, including dwindling financing for early preventive action against infectious disease threats abroad."
"“It (administration actions) seems to actively unlearn the lessons we learned through very hard experience over the last 15 years,” said Konyndyk, now a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. “These moves make us materially less safe. It’s inexplicable.”"
“The threat of pandemic flu is the number one health security concern,” she told the audience. “Are we ready to respond? I fear the answer is no.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...BB5Et8uH9zdRDWNjz4kMxWYQaEa63I0xn709N7rmRQKsM
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