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Originally Posted by Work Horse
Mr Trump has been criticised for not moving sooner, he had all the information weeks before he moved. So he claimed he moved first (a lie) to answer his critics.
Instead of making it about himself he should have pointed out the facts.
The USA is one of the world’s great democracies. As such it is not beholden to one person to make decisions in a crisis.
The public service kicked into action before Mr Trump lifted a finger. The CDC was monitoring arrivals from Wuhan and checking temperatures weeks before the travel ban was imposed. The USA acted prompty and correctly with the information that was know at the time.
This is the information Mr Trump should have reassured the American people with.
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You got me, the US was the first non-asian country to move, is that fair?
Whilst the CDC did start monitoring airports early, 3 at first and 20 by end of Jan they haven't exactly covered themselves in glory through this pandemic.
CDC mission:
As the nation's health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/i...to-coronavirus
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/propublica/
The CDC fumbled its communication with public health officials and underestimated the threat of the coronavirus even as it gained a foothold in the United States, according to hundreds of pages of documents ProPublica obtained.
As the organistaion set up to deal with pandemics the CDC was resposible for testing
https://www.technologyreview.com/202...virus-testing/
Early testing failed and took weeks (a month?) to sort.
No doubt Trump has got things wrong but he will also unfairly wear the F-ups of the CDC.