Many on the Left are piling on using this video of NIAID Dir Dr Anthony Fauci answering Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s question that “the system does not.. is not really geared to what we need right now,” as proof Pres Trump has not taken the necessary action to be prepared for coronavirus, or any pandemic for that matter. This is not true, as this system existed long before Donald Trump was President. The finger pointing of blame should be directed to fmr pres obama, he is responsible for the lack in preparedness!
Obama was President when we had the swine flu, where he took action shortly before it was declared a pandemic and millions worldwide were already infected and deaths occurring. He was also in power when ebola posed a threat to the US. Why didn’t he make sure the CDC and other agencies were set up to handle testing for the next pandemic? After all they were caught in 2014 being unprepared – hospitals didn’t have the right protocols. They failed to contain ebola as people flew in to the US from hot zones and also allowed some workers with symptoms of ebola to fly! Why didn’t the obama regime advise the incoming Trump admin transition team in 2016/17 that action was necessary to make sure the tools, funds and manpower was in place for the CDC to deal with the next pandemic to ensure testing could be done in a timely fashion?! Yes, there was no specific bug to prepare for, but the infrastructure they need now, Fauci says doesn’t exist, could have been set up!
This is not President Trump’s fault, if he knew the CDC wasn’t ready for another pandemic he would have made sure to beef it up as he did with the military after obama dismantled it. This is obama’s doing, and FTR had the 2016 election gone another way with COVID-19 still hitting with that woman running things, she would be facing the same problems.
Don’t listen to the lies and posturing from the dems. This is all about weaponizing a virus to win an election.