According to the article, if you believe that "CDC, are exaggerating the danger posed by the virus in order to damage Donald Trump’s presidency" then you're bel

According to the article, if you believe that "CDC, are exaggerating the danger posed by the virus in order to damage Donald Trump’s presidency" then you're believing in a conspiracy theory. As someone living in Europe, I don't care two hoots about Trumps presidency, but I do think that the danger of this virus, and the current responses have been exaggerated. In the beginning, when so many things were unknown, it was perfectly understandable and appropriate to overreact. But now that it's largely clear that this virus is not much more lethal than the flu, (and that with the recent surge in cases in Europe, the deaths have remained largely flat), I struggle to understand the fear-mongering and hand-wringing. My guess is, instead of a conspiracy, it's a case of a massive sunk cost fallacy, whereby politicians and high profile celebrity epidemiologists etc. can't admit that they were wrong in their original estimations.