Did no one else think it obvious from the outset that closing the borders to China meant it was extremely serious? No president approaching re-election wants to do a thing like that.
When they began the public discussion, the Dem faux impeachment having taken precedence, it was clear that Fauci would be responsible for making sure people had to face some hard facts, while the president would be leading the way with optimism and minimizing panic.
Trump had it right, though he could have also closed the borders to every country that didn’t close theirs to the Chinese when he did.
And of course the MSM/Dem role was to counter good sense and create as much of a crisis as possible. With no testing immediately available, they made sure people spread it, at least in their own districts. Their approach was as stupid as the Italian “Hug a Chinese,” but far more sinister.
The progressive leftists have had a field day with this all right, they and the Communist Chinese are responsible for a host of deaths.