[ealgeone]

I agree....this issue and how it is handled could be the X factor in the election.

The market lost close to 4% yesterday. A strong economy is part of what Trump is banking on for re-election.

IF we start having cases of coronavirus in significant numbers, and those are probably anything over 100 for the dims, they and their media allies will make out like the Plague is upon us and will blame Trump.

I do think the administration has been a little slow in implementing measures to keep folks traveling from China from entering. I'm trusting Trump to do the right thing on this issue.

[nathanbedford]

Pres. Trump just ended a press conference in which his remarks tended to downplay the severity of the effects of the virus and to conclude that he and his administration had done all that is necessary.

Perhaps he knows something we do not know or perhaps he is simply being the optimist he usually is, but if he is wrong he will be seen to be on the wrong foot.