striker42
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I guess all news sort of tells you "how to think about news" but you still hold the ability to reject what you don't think is credible. If you want to reject any news in The Atlantic, that's your right.
I think his OO's handling of the virus goes far beyond an incompetent response to a health crisis. He has used the virus to further divide the country, the same way he does everything else. He jumped the gun on every important piece of public information on the virus, from its severity to hydroxichoroquine to masks to testing and he'll surely do the same with the Russian vaccine. He doesn't care about the virus per se but only how it can be used to help him.
Responsible leadership would've let the CDC take charge and followed their recommendations.
I just choose not to waste my time with sites that offend me with selective reporting and spinning every story. I actually end up getting a fair bit of my news from the BBC as it still does some of the better journalism out there.
Again, the Covid response is the jurisdiction of the states. Governors decided what to implement. If Obama was in the White House saying "Trust the CDC" would red states have opened any slower? No, they would have opened quicker if anything.
If you want to know the reason so many states were so eager to reopen and have been so hesitant to walk back reopenings, look at their finances. Money dictated covid responses far more than the CDC or Oval Office.
I'll agree Trump's leadership during Covid has been pretty poor. I just don't think it's had a great deal of impact.