How the President Trump-named “Chinese virus” became the “Trump Virus,” bringing the most powerful country in the world to its knees:
After a single case of coronavirus in China became a pandemic and reached our shores in January, we had a federal response I believe was incompetent. Trump and his administration not only failed to control the virus, but let it become the most dangerous outbreak on the planet.
Trump from the start denied its severity, refused to listen to the advice of his public health experts, focused on its economic impact (as that might affect his reelection), and began a campaign of misinformation that, in my opinion, resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans.
He politicized this national crisis early on, telling the public he had everything under control, Democrats in Democrat-controlled states were overreaching and infringing on the rights of Americans, the Chinese were doing a great job to control the virus, and it would go away in a couple weeks. This resulted in mass confusion, a lack of support by many Americans to play a role in stopping the virus, and Republican governors opening their states without following the guidelines his administration provided.
During World War II, everyone played a role and did their part to help. Those Americans who follow Trump’s example and refuse to make even the smallest of sacrifices, like wearing a mask that could save lives, should be proud of their patriotism. A Trump virus?
Bob Grottenthaler
Springdale