Cuomo says no one should be prosecuted for covid deaths in NY

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

You may be correct on some of this, but sentiment pretty quickly changed on the travel ban.

I would have settled on just having a consistent, fair-minded message on this, and ramping up the stocks of PPE, rather than blaming the last guy who left office 3 years ago....

"sentiment pretty quickly changed on the travel ban. '

I agree 100% on that. But at the time Trump restricted travel, he was advocating for more drastic measures, than most democrats and most in the media. So if Trump was wrong for not being more drastic, they were more wrong. That must be true. Because they wanted a less drastic response than what Trump called for.

"I would have settled on just having a consistent, fair-minded message on this"

Me too. And Trump isn't the guy for calm, consistent messaging. he's like George Steinbrenner in a panicked tirade, that's how I view his ability to communicate. He's not the guy I'd want to listen to, to restore calm and confidence. I'd trust his policies, but not his ability to articulate the policy in a reassuring way.

"ramping up the stocks of PPE"

He did do that, slowly, with help from the private sector.

We also blew the rollout of widespread testing. I'm not sure why, everyone points fingers, no one accepts responsibility, so I have no idea who to believe.