I think some of these might be impulsive, but some have a point.
Lawmakers raise alarms over Trump coronavirus response
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/484597-lawmakers-raise-alarms-over-trump-coronavirus-response
“It is clear this administration is in total disarray when it comes to this crisis of the coronavirus,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday.
Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah), the only Republican to vote for Trump’s impeachment earlier this year, also harshly criticized the administration.
“I’m very disappointed in the degree to which we’ve prepared for a pandemic, both in terms of protective equipment and in terms of medical devices that would help people once they are infected,” Romney said.
“They should have made this request three weeks ago when a lot of us were begging for it,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate appropriations committee. “I worry that it's both too little and potentially too late.”
“They tore down the National Security Council capacity to deal with pandemic disease, they're putting somebody in charge of the response who has a million other jobs,” Murphy said. “There's just no seriousness in this administration about a disease that is going to be a global pandemic that is going to shave 5-10 points off global markets, and I think that’s really frightening.”
Looks like he's not exactly wrong,
In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure. In numerous phone calls and emails with key agencies across the U.S. government, the only consistent response I encountered was distressed confusion. If the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it is
Either way I hope more is done if the CDC's new claims are correct.
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