It took 70 days from an initial notification to his administration for President Trump to treat the coronavirus not as a distant threat or harmless flu strain, but as a lethal force that was poised to kill tens of thousands of citizens. That more-than-two-month stretch now stands as critical time that was squandered.
The president’s behavior and combative statements were merely a visible layer on top of deeper levels of dysfunction. The Washington Post interviewed 47 administration officials, public health experts, intelligence officers and others involved in fighting the pandemic to retrace how failures in the administration led to a breakdown in its response to the coronavirus. |
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