Back in February, Trump said the virus could “maybe go away. We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows.” Using his Nostradamus levels of foresight he confidently predicted that it’s “going to disappear. One day it’s like a miracle – it will disappear.”
This incredible statement not only provided people who hang on his every word with false hope but also highlighted Trump’s obvious lack of understanding of how ‘science’ works by severely understating the scale of the problem with an unfettered optimism that has no basis in reality.
Trump’s false reality has been repeatedly contradicted by public health experts, including his own health advisor, who predicted the sharp increase in Covid-19 infections. A spread that can only be stopped in its tracks by social distancing measures and the shut down of large gatherings.
China, who is believed to be ‘country zero’ for this pandemic, instituted the most severe crackdown on the movement of people. Even with these measures implemented as the severity of the outbreak became crystal clear, it has still taken several months for these measures to make a dent in the number of cases of coronavirus.
Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has tried to roll back Trumps vocally flippant pronouncements and Americans should take note. The fear and confusion of outbreaks are not new to Fauci, who, in more than 30 years has handled HIV, SARS, MERS, Ebola and even the nation’s 2001 experience with bioterrorism – the anthrax attacks.
He has become the trusted voice in the United States when it comes to separating fact and fiction, recently saying “You’ve got to be realistic, and you’ve got to understand that you don’t make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline,”
