How the Trump
regime ‘engaged in a coverup’ of the COVID-19 pandemic
By Brad Reed
April 28, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" - In late February, even as
it became clear that the novel coronavirus was poised to
rage like wildfire across the United States, President
Donald Trump and his administration systematically tried
to downplay the threat the disease posed to the American
public.
In a
devastating timeline compiled by New York University
School of Law professor Ryan Goodman and NYU School of
Law student Danielle Schulkin
in the New York Times,
it becomes clear that the president and his
administration tried to cover up the threat of the
virus, despite the fact that government agencies
internally were sounding alarms about the dangers it
posed to Americans’ well being.
In their analysis, Goodman and Schulkin trace what was
known about the disease’s spread in late February and
contrast it with statements and actions that were being
taken by the administration.“At the time, senior
officials knew the coronavirus was an extreme threat to
Americans,” they write. “Thanks to information streaming
in from U.S. intelligence agencies for months, officials
reportedly believed that a “cataclysmic” disease could
infect 100 million Americans and discussed lockdown
plans. The warnings were given to Mr. Trump in his daily
brief by the intelligence community; in calls from Alex
Azar, the secretary of health; and in memos from his
economic adviser Peter Navarro.”
