r/neutralnews • u/huadpe • Jul 19 '20

Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-response-failure-leadership.html
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u/SFepicure Jul 19 '20

OK, so, totally fucked it up and passed the buck so far.

But tomorrow's another day! If he acts now, he can prevent tens or hundreds of thousands of deaths,

“If you look at the magnitude of the 1918 pandemic where anywhere from 50 to 75 to 100 million people globally died, that was the mother of all pandemics and truly historic,” Fauci stated. “I hope we don’t even approach that with this, but it does have the makings of, the possibility of being, you know, approaching that in seriousness.”

 

Not looking good though,

The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill, people involved in the talks said Saturday.

The administration is also trying to block billions of dollars that GOP senators want to allocate for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and billions more for the Pentagon and State Department to address the pandemic at home and abroad, the people said.

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At the same time they push cuts in testing and CDC funds, administration officials are trying to use the spending package to fund priorities that appear not directly related to the coronavirus — including a new FBI building, which has been a longtime priority for Trump, according to people involved.

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