we definitely do not have enough hospital beds. as for the CDC, the Trump administration gutted the CDC in 2018. they fired its leadership and dramatically red

we definitely do not have enough hospital beds. as for the CDC, the Trump administration gutted the CDC in 2018. they fired its leadership and dramatically reduced its budget. they went to Congress last week or so for an emergency $2.5B, which is better than nothing, but $25B would have been a more realistic number. House leaders were basically complaining like "you should have asked us for more money." Trump et al also put Mike Pence in charge of the situation last week. Trump said, when announcing that Pence would be in charge, that "he's got a talent for this." however, as governor of Indiana, Pence prioritized ideology over public health, and the state experienced an HIV outbreak due to his leadership (a subsequent Yale study found the outbreak was entirely preventable). long story short: yes, the Federal government's response is extremely inadequate. it will probably continue to be inadequate throughout the crisis.