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HEALTH SCARE
As Trump played down virus, health experts' alarm grew
In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump, center, points as he prepares to answer question after speaking about the coronavirus in the press briefing
room at the White House in Washington, as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony
Fauci, Vice President Mike Pence, Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams listen.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pub- At the time, the virus was their overall thrust was to Trump, however, had a to be fine." Trump’s ac-
lic health officials were al- mostly a problem in China, take the thing seriously. louder megaphone than his knowledgment in Wood-
ready warning Americans with just 11 cases confirmed "We're preparing as if this health experts, and in pub- ward’s new book “Rage”
about the need to prepare in the United States. is a pandemic," Dr. Nancy lic he was playing down the that he was minimizing the
for the coronavirus threat in There was uncertainty Messonnier of the Cent- threat. Three days after de- severity of the virus in public
early February when Presi- about how the U.S. ulti- ers for Disease Control and livering his "deadly" assess- to avoid causing panic has
dent Donald Trump called mately would be affected, Prevention told reporters ment in a private call with triggered waves of criticism
it "deadly stuff" in a private and top U.S. officials would on Feb. 5. "This is just good journalist Bob Woodward, that he wasn’t leveling with
conversation that has only deliver some mixed mes- commonsense public he told a New Hampshire the American people.
now has come to light. sages along the way. But health." rally on Feb. 10, "It's going Continued on next Page
