and also Dr Fausi, et al and Trump brushed them aside.
Trump did not brush them aside. Remember, back on Jan 26th Dr Fauci was telling the US public that COVID-19 was not something to worry about, and it was of a very low risk to the US. Five days later Trump declared the virus a national public health emergency, banned flights from China, and instituted quarantine procedures for incoming travelers.
So stop with this crap that Trump "
brushed them aside." Trump was being called a racist, a xenophobe and that he was overreacting, by the same Trump-haters who claim he didn't act soon enough,or that he brushed aside the recommendations by the CDC and NIH medical experts.
“This is not a major threat to the people of the United States and this is not something that the citizens of the United States should be worried
about right now,” Dr. Fauci told Newsmax’s Greg Kelly on January 21.
yes he said that at a time when there were no cases in the US.
Yes Trump restricted travel in Jan and it was not a ban. He suspended foreigners who had been in China in the last 14 days from entering the country but that did not stop American who had visited China from coming back into the US. There were still active flights to and from China.
The first death reported outside of China was in Feb 2.
Trump statements
- “I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.” — February 10, 2020.
- “Because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low. … When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” — February 26, 2020.
- “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.” — February 28, 2020.
- “This is their new hoax.” — February 28, 2020
IN late Feb he was calling it a hoax, I guess he gave up on his favorite line fake news.
- “So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!” — March 9, 2020.
- “This is a very contagious virus. It’s incredible. But it’s something that we have tremendous control over.” — March 15, 2020.
Trump was brushing it aside up until Mar 15th
and then his tune changed - I have always now that this panademic was a real threat
That is the problem with Trump in a nutshell
Fauci started to mention Panademic in Feb 17 whereas Trump was still under the impression that it was a hoax.
The timeline is there and it does not lie
Saying that Fauci made a statement in Jan at the beginning as being meaningful is looking for a scapegoat or someone to blame other than Trump. As far as I know Fauci never called this a hoax.