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Great, detailed timeline with links to cited articles:
The Ten Weeks That Lost the War: A Timeline of How Trump Lied, Bungled and Screwed America in the COVID-19 Crisis
In the social media fog of war it can be easy to lose the thread as to just how the COVID-19 crisis came to our shores and what the Trump administration did and didnt do to respond.
This timeline provides a look at the key inflection points in the crucial ten-week period where the United States lost the ability to effectively respond to the virus that is causing unprecedented death and economic destruction.
https://thebulwark.com/the-ten-weeks-that-lost-the-war/?utm_source=The+Bulwark+Newsletter&utm_campaign=23a2b6a0f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_20_09_33&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f4bd64ac2e-23a2b6a0f3-80729281
renate
(13,776 posts)It's easy to get overloaded with information and to forget things that happened and that were said because every day contains about a month's worth of bad news. This timeline is simple but thorough. I shudder to think what the next points on it will be....
Thanks for posting this!
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)sheshe2
(98,439 posts)I am only halfway through reading your link and will go back and finish. This timeline makes the everything crystal clear. This is all on him.
brer cat
(27,684 posts)K&R
Alacritous Crier
(4,510 posts)zonemaster
(252 posts)Literally, a few days before Trump even took the oath of office. The ball-dropping started almost immediately thereafter.
https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)Kingofalldems
(40,366 posts)uponit7771
(93,532 posts)Martin Eden
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