Actually, that too is BS.
If we, as a country, are unable to get control of this virus it will not have been Trump's fault. He's done more than any world leader to try and stop it. The United States is throwing everything it has at this. We, as a country, have done more than any other to try and stop it.
Here is just one example. There are others that i could give.
With Odds Against It, Taiwan Keeps Coronavirus Corralled
March 13, 20205:19 PM ET
The challenges that COVID-19 poses for governments around the world are formidable. For Taiwan, there have been additional hurdles.
Experts say the island's response to the novel coronavirus has been remarkably effective so far, despite many serious challenges, starting with its close links to China, and may even hold lessons for others to follow.
"Taiwan is sort of a positive deviant," said Jason Wang, a pediatrician who heads the Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention at the Stanford University medical school.
"It did really well when they were not expected to do so well."
As of Friday, Taiwan has reported 50 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and one death, out of a population of around 23 million.
The island has seen a relatively low spread of the novel coronavirus despite its proximity and numerous links to China, where the virus was first detected and has infected more than 80,000 people. Taiwan has also had to contend with political pressure and possible misinformation from China.
In a paper this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, Wang and two colleagues listed 124 actions that Taiwan's authorities took starting in December when they sensed the looming threat — and the rest of the world seemed to be looking the other way.
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