The scientific research community will do its own analysis of what went right and what went wrong. If you are an undergrad in a public health track, I assure you that when it comes time to do work on a postgraduate thesis, there will be plenty of material to research on the above topic.
See this Washington Post story, Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC’s 450-page playbook for health crisis.
There was another podcast on the topic of COVID-19 that I caught today on my morning walk, How Trump's Mismanagement Helped Fuel Coronavirus Crisis. Someone might accuse me of beating up on the president. Well, he is a big target because of his mismanagement of this pandemic crisis. You would have to be oblivious to the facts as they are being rolled out each day.
President Trump, by his own words, has been more interested in the status of the stock market more than countering the virus in order to protect people. His self-interest in maintaining what was a positive stock market and jobs report to help with his reelection is in clear view for everyone to hear and read.
While I've spoken about this before, one of his greatest failings is to express anger at the messenger who brings him bad news. He reacts poorly and angrily, and the messengers soon learn it is better to keep silent (listen to podcast). That, or I suppose you can give him glowing reports that are not true in order to make him feel better. I'm reminded of the French general in charge of defending France as Germany started to invade that nation. The reports of their advances where provided to him, but he refused to believe that they could have traveled that far, that quickly. Thus, within 35 days of combat, the German Wehrmacht was victorious.
Ignoring ground truth and wanting a rosier situation is sure to lead to defeat in combat and during a pandemic. In the pandemic, you end up with illness and death, beyond what could have been prevented. Our 35 days of pandemic battle have already begun!
