“They’re slowing down the state.”The CDC’s botched rollout of testing was the first indication that the Trump administration was faltering as the health emergency gathered pace. Behind the scenes, deep flaws in the way federal agencies had come to operate under Trump were being exposed. On 30 January, as the World Health Organization was declaring a global emergency, Trump said: “We only have five people. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Medical personnel are silhouetted against the back of a tent at a coronavirus test site in Tampa, Florida. She has witnessed an explosion of Americans doing it for themselves, filling in the holes left by Trump’s failed leadership.

Source: The Guardian March 28, 2020 07:52 UTC