March 9: "So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!" Trump in a tweet.
March 10: "And we're prepared, and we're doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away." Trump, after meeting with Republican senators.
A day later, on March 11, the WHO declared the global outbreak a pandemic.
Conclusion
Trump's prevarications, misinformation, misdirection, and careless attention in
preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the United States demand extensive
disclosure. Together with the unreasonable and catastrophic epidemic totals,
they compound the charge that the Trump administration has not contained
the contagion and has turned it into a cataclysmic epidemic. These
actions, which could have been prevented, are criminal in appearance, and
complicity in this behavior includes all those who share the daily
mendacious briefings.
If a plurality of Americans are unaware of the damage done by their president, and may vote him for another term, it is imperative to expose the punishing actions to the American people by President Trump.
If it were not masks and gloves that its frontline soldiers needed, but guns, smart bombs, bunker busters, submarines, fighter jets and nuclear bombs, would there be a shortage?
Arundhati Roy
The measure of a nation's civilization is not how high its buildings, how fast its cars, how strong its military, how advanced its technology, or how many tourists it can send out to consume the whole world's goods are, "There is only one test for you: how you treat the weak and vulnerable."
Fang Fang, Wuhan Diary
Dan Lieberman edits Alternative Insight, a commentary on foreign policy, economics, and politics. He is author of the book A Third Party Can Succeed in America, a Kindle: The Artistry of a Dog, and a novel: The Victory (under a pen name).
Dan can be reached at [email protected] (Email address removed)
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