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> One of the few things Trump did correctly was the early pandemic handling while the cries of "stop travel from China" was called racist and unnecessary. Exce
by mint2 4y ago
> One of the few things Trump did correctly was the early pandemic handling while the cries of "stop travel from China" was called racist and unnecessary.
Except it was because by that time the horse was long out of the barn and the China ban failed spectacularly. cases were already here and also coming in from Europe. If it didn’t fail why did we get a Covid pandemic?
At that point what was needed was massive testing rather than the denialism the trump admin presented. And they failed massively at testing and public education.
- Auracle 4y agoThe whole point of what was being messaged at the time, and why we went in to hard lockdowns, was to slow the spread. It makes sense to restrict travel from the place that probably had the most infections at the time if that’s your goal.
- mint2 4y agoThen China and Europe, not just China. Glad there was no comment justifying the other failings like the abysmal testing.