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Experts agree that Trump's coronavirus response was poor, but the US was ill-prepared in the first place

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
President Donald Trump with members of the president's Coronavirus Task Force at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

As the coronavirus pandemic exerts a tighter grip on the nation, critics of the Trump administration have repeatedly highlighted the administration’s changes to the nation’s pandemic response team...

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