According to journalist Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage,” President Trump deliberately minimized the danger of the
coronavirus last winter to avoid causing panic. But Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health experts say that was the wrong thing to do.
With fear about the novel coronavirus spreading as fast as the disease itself,
the Trump administration’s mismanaged handling of the pandemic led to mistrust and anger and put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk. American Oversight is investigating the government’s response to the crisis, from its
misleading public statements and lack of federal assistance to states, to testing delays and industry influence.