Like a broken clock, even Trump can have a rare moment of inadvertent clarity. Following his natural tendencies to exclude "the other," blocking flights from China was correct. But it did not save lives.
Rather it bought us time, that could have been used to save lives. Pandemics do not respect borders for long. All experts warned it was coming.
We had time to buy, and develop, tests so the virus could be tracked, and its spread limited. We had time to acquire masks and respirators. We had time to build temporary hospitals.
Instead, our president sold the time he bought at a loss.
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