My .02 on FauXi, fwiw. I was originally in the “he ain’t that bad” group but have changed my mind after more reading.
He’s bad, look at previous connections and photos, but he is not powerful so he sucks up to those in power. Whatever medical/epidemiology knowledge he has is biased by his beliefs/ideology. Jan.31 he was pooh-poohing the danger of the Wuhan virus; now he wants to destroy the country to save it from gazillions of deaths.
I think Trump is using FauXi and is in total knowledge of where’s he’s at. The yuge numbers of potential deaths touted by FauXi and Birx were useful in order to bring the Wuhan virus to a fast conclusion; and now that the restrictions worked, Trump will take them down very soon.
What will happen to the CDC when the dust settles will be interesting.
Going to confess to smirking when I hear people saying the take down of the international criminals is a conspiracy theory. Heck, they announced it. They're closing drug tunnels, going after child traffickers, indicting foreign political leaders and members of their military, closing sea routes, and that's all been announced.
I believe this virus was real, and a real attack released on purpose. I also happen to believe this time is being used for other purposes. They thought it would distract Trump, but he anticipated and used it.
The CDC is going to look WAY different after this is over. Hoping the Federal Reserve looks like a smoking crater.