Trump critics have criticized Trump for expressing hope, but what does Dr Fauci say?

Jamsie said:

This has has been asked of you myriad times ...why not secure more tests from elsewhere? Why not pressure the FDA/CDC to open up the testing immediately in the face of their failure? Why lie about the availability of tests?

So if something is "inaccurate" how would you respond, when even third world countries have tests?

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why not secure more tests from elsewhere?

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Why not pressure the FDA/CDC to open up the testing immediately in the face of their failure?

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Jamsie said:

Who is the president? Do leaders take responsibility or simply look to blame? (Yes, it just so happened that the one's the "world" was making worked! After the failure we could have asked and received accurate test kits) That should have caused an immediate WH response to the failure... don't you think? Again, unless you have something to add instead of the same old "its not trump's fault the test failed"... trump is not responsible for the Coronavirus however, his response has been egregiously slow and inept! That is not a "liberal" comment...simply a statement of fact, whether you want to accept it or not!

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Jamsie said:

Wow, then I guess if we were so prepared that proves that the trump administration did a terrible job to capitalize on that "best-prepared" status!

You forgot this:"We made the case when we published it that yes, the U.S. and all the rest of the countries that score at the top should not sit back and just relax because first of all, they didn't have everything that they needed and deficiencies in any one area can potentially break the response," Nuzzo continued. "I think we're seeing some of that now."

This was the HHS just a month or so before the threat:

*Exisitng statutory authorities tasking HHS to lead the federal government's response to an influenza pandemic are insufficient and often in conflict with another.
*Currently, there are insufficient funding sources designated for the federal government to use in response to a severe influenza pandemic.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...5bd797500ea55be0724/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

Did we have warnings:

"On Twitter and TV, Gottlieb, Bossert and Cohn, among others, struck an urgent tone, while the president insisted the virus was “very much under control in the USA,” even predicting in late February that the number of cases would be close to zero “within a couple of days” and falsely claiming that a vaccine would soon arrive. As of Thursday, the number of cases had sailed past 1,000 and a vaccine remains at least a year away."

Trump officials did sound the coronavirus alarm. They just don’t work there anymore.

"The intelligence community was warning of the danger posed by the novel coronavirus throughout January and February as the White House downplayed the threat and was slow to roll out nationwide measures, reports show."

Intel reports going back to January warned of coronavirus threat

"But according to a previously unrevealed White House playbook, the government should’ve begun a federal-wide effort to procure that personal protective equipment at least two months ago."

Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook

From a right leaning high accuracy site:

"As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic."

Trump Has Sabotaged America’s Coronavirus Response

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jgarden said:

Trump and Pence kept promising that there would be millions of tests by the end of the week and anybody who wanted one could get one - that was a month ago and there still isn't enough testing to provide an accurate picture as to where the federal government should be directing its limited resources!

Frontline medical staff in New York can't get tested but the all staff and players of 8 NBA basketball teams arranged for testing - and their season has been cancelled!

When questioned about preferential testing, this President was dismissive and missed his golden opportunity to reassure the American people that he would do everything in his power to ration COVIR-19 testing based on need and not one's ability to use money and connections to barge to the head of the line!

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jgarden said:

The problem is that he continued to make these claims long after that it became painfully obvious to everyone that the testing was stalled in the pipeline!

This is a reoccurring theme with this President that included accusing states and hospitals who were desperately seeking medical supplies for their staffs and patients, that they were engaged in hoarding and implied that they had nefarious motives when it came to dispensing with this surplus!

These are not the kind of accusations that "a stable genius" is supposed to direct toward the staffs of the nation's healthcare system who are literally risking their lives everyday to forestall a national crisis - especially when this President has absolutely no evidence to substantiate his claims!

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