Quote (Kayeto @ 21 Mar 2020 04:13)
There's no way to know yet whether the proper decisions have been made regarding striking the right balance between slowing the curve of infection vs. minimizing the economic impact. There's no substantive grounds on which to criticize the administration one way or the other.
It's still unknown to what extent, if any, the US health care system is going to be overrun. If it is overrun, it's still possible that there wasn't any way to prevent it from being overrun. If Hilary was president, that wouldn't mean that there would be 4 times more hospitals than there are right now.
If Hilary had been president, her administration may have made decisions that had more economic consequences in exchange for slowing the spread. In hindsight, we may look back two years from now and criticize that strategy for being the wrong balance.
Right now, there is no objective framework to levy a true criticism at the response we've had.
i'm pretty sure that disbanding the pandemic response team, defunding the CDC, withholding crucial information, repeatedly lying about the virus and the situation, rejecting all responsibility and not displaying any kind of real leadership... are all objectively terrible aspects, no matter if your general course would be judged as right or wrong with hindsight.