A look at the third week of March 2020 reveals a nation that was plunging into a pandemic, and a leader exhibiting the erratic characteristics that his supporters love and his detractors revile

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    In my lifetime, I went through SARS and H1N1. And competent leaders took charge and ensured the pandemic was contained.

    This weak ass motherfucker encouraged Covid to spread.

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      8 months ago

      And Obama boosted pandemic preparedness after those (and Ebola) were fortunately contained, but Trump killed it. Nothing flashy or political about it, just good forward-looking governance, killed it anyway.