So 100,000 American families have lost someone. Yes, some of them would likely have died soon anyway, but it's a shocking tragedy to lose more people than in the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq put together in just 3 months.
The most shocking thing for me has been the leadership of the response. Our President has further demonstrated himself to be either incompetent or a liar. Or both. I don't see any other possibilities.
He points to shutting down travel from China and that was decisive and the right thing to do. It may have bought us time, but that time was utterly and completely wasted. Here's what I'm talking about, and here are the things that show why we are going to have this sticking around a lot longer than most countries:
Jan 22: "It's one person coming in from China and we have it under control. It's going to be just fine."
Feb 2: "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China."
Feb 10: "Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. I hope that's true. But we're doing great in our country. China, I spoke with President Xi, and they're working very, very hard. And I think it's going to all work out fine."
Feb 11: "In our country, we only have, basically, 12 cases and most of those people are recovering and some cases fully recovered. So it's actually less."
Feb 24: "The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC and World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock market starting to look very good to me!"
Feb 26: "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."
'A pretty good job we've done'
No. He is making the US the butt of the world's jokes.