As new countries confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths from the virus Wednesday, President Trump on Twitter called for a 6 p.m. news conference with officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others to discuss the spread of the virus.
I’m not prone to hypochondria but when the person is Trump and when, instead of appointing even minimally competent officials to handle the Covid-19 response, he calls a news conference where he will almost certainly force CDC officials to minimize the risk to Americans, I start to really fucking worry.
Adding: Covid-19 is serious and demands a rational, effective response. Unfortunately we have a deeply unserious clown for a president who is profoundly irrational and effective only at sowing chaos and misery.
To learn what a real plan for handling potential pandemics might look like, Elizabeth Warren and her staff have thought deeply about what needs to happen. Read about Warren’s plan here. It’s terrific.