“That said, the timing of Trump’s statements and conferences is rather odd. Middle of day because it is urgent...”
I look for him to correct the lies being spread, started by Mini Mike, about the Trump administration gutting the CDC and destroying the country’s ability to ward off pandemics, etc.
I ran across the statement about gutting the CDC and damaging the US pandemic response capability so I did some research on that and other issues which appears below.
Here are some links describing the Trump actions regarding pandemic emergency organization response. Then links regarding the possible effect of female hormone on death rates. And finally a link with map and showing state by state response. Cases in Washington state and California indicate that Covid-19 may have been there prior to Wohan’s public infection rate.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ [this clarifies specific facts about Trump’s actions.]
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
[This describes in great detail the ways in which the various programs and communications that the Obama admin. developed as a result of the Ebola scare and other potential pandemics were eliminated or greatly reduced by the Trump admin.]
I spoke yesterday with a friend who is a PhD in a biomedical field and she brought to my attention that men are more susceptible to dying of coronavirus than women and it may have something to do with higher estrogen levels.
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/02/25/men-coronavirus [This link has details on this issue.]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninashapiro/2020/02/22/sex-does-matter-when-it-comes-to-coronavirus/#500405f0a436
[A detailed report showing mortality rates at various age groups and sexes, also other dangerous viruses.]
https://time.com/5783771/covid-19-us-cases/
[Has map and state by state description of infected and govt. response.] It might be useful to go back to some severe flu cases and especially deaths to see if they were in fact Covid-19, not the flu.