Bannon had some great points, on all of this, a couple of days ago.
He said that the administration/POTUS could’ve said....the numbers could very well be high...we are preparing....we are doing x, y, z and all resources are being expended....
Something to that effect. That people take bad news much better, at first, than later.
Not sugar coat it, then have things go south...loss of confidence.
I guess they were worried about panic? Well, now what?
Bannon was right—better to have the panic early and then have people calm down if things are better than the dire predictions.