Multiple attempts to close down borders, limit flights, etc. often balked initially by court orders, antagonistic politicians, and braying self interest groups. The Dems have such conveniently short memories regarding their own faults. All they need is a mirror to see plenty of blame.
Yeah, Trump screwed up initially, and admitted it, lots of people did, to a great degree because they were being lied to by the WHO, China, and incompetents in the CDC
I suppose I was hearing things when I heard Dr. Fauci downplay this.
Funny how nobody wanted Trump to listen to his experts then. But now?! Oh yeah, lockdown!!!
And what if Trump has screamed to the high heavens back then. National Review would be decrying how Trump started a panic.
“Claims”
Nope. No bias there.
““He at times just says whatever comes to mind or tweets”
This is true. Trump can be a loose cannon at times. Many like it as he is honest and just lets it all hang out. Not sure how that applies in this case.
I don’t see how someone makes a case that Trump downplayed covid-19 when he stopped allowing Chinese nationals to come into our country.
If Trump thought covid-19 was no big deal then why go to all that trouble? Just keep everything BAU.
All while fighting impeachment
Congress was informed by the president on February 4. Pelosi ripped up the speech calling it a pack of lies. The epidemic is on the Democrats.
When the president stopped flights from China in late January, Biden said it was “racist.”
Has there ever been a successful general, coach, or business leader who didn’t encourage his people?
I don’t think ‘belittled’ is the correct term but Trump was definitely overly optimistic on what impact it would have. But what was he supposed to do? Scream “We’re dooooomed. Doomed I say” into the TV cameras from the very beginning?
In the bizarro world of the mainstream media words speak louder than actions
What difference does it make what he said in January? Would the Democrats have closed off flights from China and Europe when Trump did?
No they would’ve sat on their PC asses and patted themselves on the crotch
Maybe when wolf is finished playing Jeopardy he can ask governor witless and the dim governor of Nevada questions about the Oxy drug bans
Both did the opposite of what the President did...which was the right thing to do.
Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April (FOUR MONTHS!!), millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In fact, the Kaiser Family Foundation noted the emergency declaration in its newsletter in October 2009 and described what it does, including giving help to hospitals, triage aid, and ways to segregate the H1N1 patients from other patients:
President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 (swine) flu outbreak a national emergency, the Wall Street Journal reports. “The declaration, which Mr. Obama signed Friday, authorizes the administration to waive or modify certain federal requirements involving Medicare, Medicaid and health-privacy rules to speed treatment,” the newspaper writes (McKay/Simpson/Whalen, 10/26).SOURCE: Fact-Check: Obama Waited Until 'Millions' Infected and 1000 Dead in U.S. Before Declaring H1N1 National Emergency, by Victoria Taft, February 28, 2020, PJ Media.The national emergency declaration will “allow hospitals and governments on the local level to more rapidly prepare triage sites and procedures to handle any future surge in sick patients,” TIME writes. “A hospital in danger of being overrun by H1N1 patients would be allowed to segregate them in a separate site for treatment, which might slow the spread of the disease” (Walsh, 10/24).
“The declaration Saturday did not signify any unanticipated worsening in the United States of the H1N1 outbreak, officials said,” the New York Times reports. “It seemed likely, however, to increase concerns, disruptions and at times, panicky reactions, to a disease now affecting most parts of the world.” U.S. health officials on Friday said "more than" 1,000 Americans have died from H1N1 (Calmes/McNeil, 10/25).
In a second story, the New York Times examines growing confusion and anger among H1N1 vaccine-seekers in the U.S. Though the U.S. is currently experiencing an H1N1 vaccine shortage, health officials say current H1N1 shortages “are temporary.”
29 January 2020: Coronavirus? Johns Hopkins doctor says you’re more likely to get the flu
31 January 2020: Pelosi argues Trump 'cannot be acquitted,' suggests defense team should be disbarred.
31 January 2020: Trump administration expands travel ban to include six more countries
31 January 2020: Coronavirus declared public health emergency in US
1 February 2020: Democrats Vow Trump Probes to Go On After Impeachment Trial Ends
1 February 2020: Top Democrats fume after Trump expands travel ban to six new countries
1 February 2020: Pentagon to prepare Coronavirus quarantine housing for 1,000 people
2 February 2020: WATCH: Omar Trashes the U.S. for Not Living Up to Her 'American Dream'
5 February 2020: Video: Pelosi’s Mumbling During Trump’s SOTU Speech Are Bizarre, Prompt Questions About Her Mental Health
5 February 2020: Washington Post Editor Irked by Rush Limbaugh's Medal of Freedom Award
5 February 2020: New Video Shows Pelosi Practicing Ripping Up Trump’s State Of The Union Speech
Fake news media claim they are not biased.