The inside story of how Trump's denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic's dark winter

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The inside story of how Trump's denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic's dark winter · 3

KapteinB · 1219 days ago

WASHINGTON - As the number of coronavirus cases ticked upward in mid-November - worse than the frightening days of spring and ahead of an expected surge after families congregated for Thanksgiving - four doctors on President Donald Trump's task force decided to stage an intervention.

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am_Unition · 1219 days ago · link ·

The best comprehensive review of our bumbling executive branch's laughable covid-19 response so far. Anyone trying to claim that the U.S. hasn't done the worst out of all the wealthy, developed countries has their work cut out for them.

Same article was also printed in the Washington Post a few days or a week-ish ago, FYI, in case anyone else read it there.

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KapteinB · 1218 days ago · link ·

Huh, I didn't notice before I posted it, but The Washington Post is listed as one of the authors. Odd. Some kind of content sharing partnership maybe?

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am_Unition · 1218 days ago · link ·

I hope so, I'd like for as many people to read the article as possible.

And look, I know that the WaPo isn't exactly unbiased, but c'mon. The only reason people aren't more upset about how poorly the U.S. has fared is 'cuz ignorance and disinformation.

Trump currently grenading the stimulus agreement is hilarious. Sad, stupid, and pettily personally motivated, yes, but also hilarious. I agree with this guy's take: