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Everyone should read: The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/corona
by dirtyid 7y ago
Everyone should read: The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-red-dawn-emails-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-r...
Full emails here: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6879-2020-covid-19-red-dawn-rising/66f590d5cd41e11bea0f/optimized/full.pdf https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6879-2020-covid-19-r...
It seems like experts at least at an exceedingly clear grasp of the situation, with fair accurate predictions based on available data on the time. It doesn't seem like there was much "miscalculation" by subject matter experts, but bureaucratic incompetence on many levels that still persist.
- 0xddd 7y agoWhy is this downvoted? I'm about a quarter through and have found this totally intriguing. Their concerns in late January seem spot on. I'm glad it got shared.