With Trump leading the way, America’s coronavirus failures exposed by record surge in new infections

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As case numbers rise, a virus that has killed at least 123,000 Americans has revealed a crisis in governance extending from the Oval Office to state capitals to local city councils.

between April and early June. When he did discuss the pandemic, it was often to float misinformation about treatments, masks and testing — science-defying views that have been embraced by his supporters and top Republican lawmakers.

“These epidemics are going to be hard to get under control,” said Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and an informal adviser to the Trump administration.“It’s going to continue to spread until you do something to intervene. I’m not sure we are taking enough forceful action to break the trend right now.

In Arizona, public health experts and local officials largely credit lobbying efforts by mayors for pushing Gov. Doug Ducey to reverse his position and allow cities to implement mask requirements as they saw fit. Some states are banding together to issue quarantine orders against visitors from regions with rising cases, further highlighting the lack of a federal standard. Conspiracy theories about masks, vaccines and social distancing have abounded, threatening to stymie local leaders’ attempts to enforce public health guidelines.

Trump has undermined Fauci and other health experts repeatedly, publicly dismissing their views about reopening schools, professional sports and other aspects of public life. The official said that Birx and Fauci are also likely to do more regional TV interviews in places where cases are surging. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin accused Republican members who were maskless of provoking “terror and fear in your colleagues and perhaps your staff.”

 

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Headline should read: With no one leading the way, America’s coronavirus failures exposed by record surge in new infections.

At least all the mayor's allowing the people to protest and get covid will make Trump look bad! It's all Trump's Fault! Derp... Clownworld 🤡 🌍

Yea more testing will do that. Look to the local government do answers. We the people are free and can make our own choices. 🇺🇸

Anything to shut down an election and insert tyranny, thx WaPo.

I wonder who owns this rag and is making hand over 👊🏼 with these lockdowns - no agenda at all. And that’s just the low handing fruit. wakeuppeople fearmongering

we have vast amounts of wide testing now in place. It is a virus and we locked everyone up not allowing for herd immunity and now it will inevitably infect people. Or with higher rates the death rates are still declining according to the CDCs own website.

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