Wikipedia - Donald Trump
Main article: 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States
In December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, spreading worldwide within weeks. The first confirmed case in the United States was reported on January 20, 2020. On January 31, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced a partial ban on travel to the U.S. from China, effective February 2. Trump was slow to address the pandemic, initially dismissing the imminent threat and ignoring calls for action from government health experts and Secretary Azar.Throughout January and February, he rejected persistent public health warnings from officials within his administration, focusing instead on economic and political considerations of the outbreak. He continued to claim that a vaccine was months away, although HHS and CDC officials had repeatedly told him it would take 12–18 months to develop a vaccine. Trump also exaggerated the availability of testing for the virus, falsely claiming "Anybody that wants a test can get a test," even though availability of tests was severely limited.
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