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uponit7771

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16. Trump knew in Jan / Feb and should've told the general public AT THAT TIME. We should've known ...
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 10:49 AM
Sep 2020

... that CV19 was airborne in Jan / Feb and the most effective way to defeat it was masks until later on in the year and did not ... MOSTLY ... because Trump was understating the harmfulness of the bug.

Anyone else who could've warned America should've spoken up ... but Trump owns 100% of CV19 lies

I doubt it... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #1
What happened yesterday and today is exactly what would have happened Mike 03 Sep 2020 #2
Do not buy in, even for a moment, that this is Woodwards fault lapfog_1 Sep 2020 #3
I'm not at all... cynatnite Sep 2020 #6
Agreed, but letting Woodward off the hook for any onus does the same for Trump. Trump is trying to uponit7771 Sep 2020 #7
I don't know if it would have made a difference in the approach to Covid 19 or not. Arkansas Granny Sep 2020 #4
Maybe not the book but airborne & lethality of CV19 could've save hundreds of thousands of lives. uponit7771 Sep 2020 #5
The information was out there, but trump wasn't the one saying it... cynatnite Sep 2020 #8
This is false, it was NOT well known among American public in Jan/Feb the lethality of CV19 and that uponit7771 Sep 2020 #10
I remember reading and watching the information coming out back in early March... cynatnite Sep 2020 #13
Trump knew in Jan / Feb and should've told the general public AT THAT TIME. We should've known ... uponit7771 Sep 2020 #16
I don't think so.... Spazito Sep 2020 #9
the change would have been with the GOP leadership in Congress as well as GOP governors beachbumbob Sep 2020 #11
Trump's hole keeps getting deeper. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #12
Drumph would have had an easier time obfuscating... Champion Jack Sep 2020 #14
It would have been a 24-48 hour story BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #15
It's such a false dichotomy Midnightwalk Sep 2020 #17
released when? agingdem Sep 2020 #18
Yes. The media and GOVERNORS would have acted more urgently. blm Sep 2020 #19
Pfft not mine BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #20
Yes. Those who listen only to Trump would have understood that the virus was actually Squinch Sep 2020 #21
No! In fact the timing is perfect..it's damaging him more than we could've hoped for Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #22
I was thinking that too. And Woodward is right that Trump lies about EVERYTHING. That is the problem LizBeth Sep 2020 #23
No. Nothing would have changed. Trump and the Pukes would scream fake news and his Autumn Sep 2020 #24
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