"...President Trump has previously noted he didn’t want to cause a panic.
Barack Obama did the same thing during the H1N1 pandemic when he said the virus was “not a cause for alarm” just before 60.8 million Americans were infected by it.
...At the end of January, President Trump issued his then-controversial travel ban with China.
But back then it was the Democrats who weren’t taking the virus seriously, and Trump was accused of racism and xenophobia for that action.
...There’s more.
On February 24, Nancy Pelosi infamously visited San Francisco’s Chinatown section and told Americans that “everything is fine,” and “all is well,” and encouraged Americans to shop and eat there.
“Come to Chinatown,” she said.
“We just want everybody not to be afraid to come to Chinatown.”
“Come to Chinatown,” she said.
“We just want everybody not to be afraid to come to Chinatown.”
...But here’s where things get even more interesting.
It wasn’t just Democrat politicians downplaying the virus, the nation’s most well-known public health official, Dr. Anthony Fauci, was also telling the public not to worry about the virus at the same time Trump was.
And the White House Coronavirus Task Force was already meeting at that point.
Back in February, Dr. Fauci said the risk was “low for the American public.”...Read all.
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