Trump and the Virus - Fatal Mistakes Not to Be Repeated
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On the eve of the election, it seems that most people have forgotten how former President Trump handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before the pandemic hit, Trump should have warned the public about China's deliberate concealment of the outbreak, but instead, he praised China's handling of the pandemic 15 times. On January 24, he said: "China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!"
Moreover, the U.S. government at that time helped transport a large number of masks and other medical supplies to China, without considering the need for these supplies if the pandemic were to break out. After the first case was discovered on January 20, the government should have immediately started testing the virus, tracking, and isolating cases, but the Trump administration repeatedly delayed and failed to fully implement preventive measures, ultimately leading to an uncontrollable outbreak.
Instead of overhauling the inefficient administrative system to try to remedy the situation, Trump adopted an ostrich mentality, saying on March 9 that COVID-19 would soon pass like the flu. He also recommended Hydroxychloroquine, a drug not scientifically proven to be effective, and even suggested that injecting disinfectant might help clear the virus, completely disregarding the potential harm his statements could cause by misleading the public.
A few months later, after Trump's interview with Bob Woodward was published, we learned that he had known about the virus's dangers all along. So, was he pretending to be ignorant when he said the virus was like the flu? Until he lost the election, Trump continuously obstructed many state governments' efforts to implement stay-at-home orders and mask mandates, completely ignoring the fact that the pandemic had already overwhelmed the U.S. healthcare system.
While quarantine policies negatively impacted the economy and wearing masks was uncomfortable, would the pandemic have reached this point if Trump had not made repeated mistakes? Trump and his allies turned opposition to preventive measures into political mobilization, hindering all methods of combating the virus and causing more preventable deaths and severe illnesses.
Trump ignored the pandemic for his own benefit and was willing to sacrifice American lives to consolidate his power. It's no wonder psychologists consider him a "malignant narcissist," like a serial killer, unable to empathize with others' situations. Under Trump's leadership, the number of lives lost due to his wrong policies far exceeds the total number of deaths caused by all serial killers combined!
Four years have passed, and we have never heard Trump apologize for his mistakes. This further proves that he is a person with a lack of empathy. To prevent the same disaster from happening again, we must never let Trump be elected again!
Reference:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/trump-china-coronavirus-188736
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2020/5-ways-the-us-botched-the-response-to-covid-19
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-coronavirus-press-conference-transcript-april-23
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_masks_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/timeline-of-trumps-covid-19-comments/
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/scicheck-trump-and-son-whitewash-vaccine-willingness-before-biden/
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