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If that is somehow supposed prove the WHO mishandled the pandemic, then the administration who is withdrawing from the WHO has been absolutely criminal in their
by dashundchen 6y ago
If that is somehow supposed prove the WHO mishandled the pandemic, then the administration who is withdrawing from the WHO has been absolutely criminal in their handling of this disease.
February 28: "When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.”
— Trump, at a coronavirus task force press briefing
March 5: “Gallup just gave us the highest rating ever for the way we are handling the CoronaVirus situation. The April 2009-10 Swine Flu, where nearly 13,000 people died in the U.S., was poorly handled.”
— Trump tweet.
March 6: "Anybody that wants a test can get a test. That’s what the bottom line is.”
— Trump, while visiting CDC headquarters in Atlanta. This was false. In fact, at this time testing capacity was about 75,000 nationally, according to the CDC.
March 10: "This was unexpected. … And it hit the world. 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, to reporters at the U.S. Capitol
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/21/837348551/timeline-what-trump-has-said-and-done-about-the-coronavirus https://www.npr.org/2020/04/21/837348551/timeline-what-trump...