Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Trump confronted about bombshell that he ignored over a DOZEN warnings of outbreak" video.

  1. Though I loath Trump, and think he did indeed handle the crisis very poorly, I do think it is a bit unfair to criticize Trump for down-playing the crisis before March. Many world-leaders were playing it down at that time, hoping the virus could be contained through targeted quarantines. They were trying to prevent panic. However, by March 1 it was clear that the virus was no longer containable, e.g. due to the massive contaminations occuring in the Italian alps in late Februari, that spread the virus over the whole of Europe. I would hold March 1st as the date that all leaders should have changed their messaging on Covid, as by that date the speed with which the virus was spreading was clear to all. BTW, the WHO was a week late in calling Coivid.19 a pandemic (which they did on March 11th). A key factor in the spread of the virus was that many people had booked expensive holidays in the Alps and were unwilling to forfeit that money, as they were not being reimbursed. So, greed was an important factor in the spread of this disease. The Alps should have been closed much sooner, and the holiday makers reimbursed, that would have saved the world a lot of grief. Sadly, a week is a very short time in politics, but a very long time with this virus. But Trump is fully to be blamed for his actions after March 1st.
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