> That’s not saying that it wasn’t contagious or serious He literally said that panic was worse than the disease. > The big problem is that in the United Stat

> That’s not saying that it wasn’t contagious or serious He literally said that panic was worse than the disease. > The big problem is that in the United States so much depends on the federal response. He could have locked down New York, but he told people to continue their lives as usual. This resulted in over 30k deaths, most of which could have been saved if he weren't so adamant in keeping business as usual for another week. And likely if he locked down he would have saved neighboring states as well, so maybe a hundred thousand lives in total could have been saved if he wanted to. > Similarly, waiting extra months to get serious about travel bans This was said days after Trump had enacted the travel ban against Europe and after we had confirmed cases in here in Europe known to be spread fron New York. Everyone knew New York was a corona hotbed at this time, yet he still kept things open for 10 more days. With a doubling of every 4 days it means he could have saved 80% of everyone who died in the east if he wanted to, but he choose to keep things open since "panic is worse than the disease".