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Americans say Trump too slow in virus response
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73% of US adults say the worst is still to come in terms of problems country will face from outbreak AP pic |
WASHINGTON: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump was too slow in taking major steps to address the threat to the US from new coronavirus, a poll published on Thursday said.
According to the Pew Research Center, 65% said Trump was tardy in responding when cases of the Covid-19 illness were first reported in other countries.
He initially downplayed the virus and has been keen to end the resulting lockdowns which have crippled the world’s largest economy.
The Pew survey was conducted April 7-12 among a sample 4,917 American adults.
It found that 52% said Trump’s public comments on the coronavirus outbreak are making the situation seem better than it really is.
Thirty-nine per cent said he is presenting the situation about as it really is, while 8% said he is making the situation seem worse than in reality.
Trump has been speaking at length during daily press conferences alongside medical experts.
On Thursday he recommended a gradual reopening of the economy, a day after saying “the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases.”
That declaration came on the same day tracking by Johns Hopkins University showed 2,569 US deaths over a previous 24-hour period, the heaviest daily toll of any country.
The Pew survey found that 73% of US adults said the worst is still to come in terms of problems the US is facing from the outbreak.
With state governors also working on plans to ease up on economic restrictions, 66% said their greater concern is that states will lift restrictions on public activity too quickly.
About half that number, 32%, said a reopening will not happen quickly enough.
The Covid-19 novel coronavirus emerged in China in late December.
On Jan 21 US officials announced the country’s first case, and other cases began emerging outside China leading the World Health Organization on Jan 30 to declare a “public health emergency of international concern.”
Trump, who boasted in January that “we have it totally under control,” did not declare a government initiative to “slow the spread” until March 16.
The US has more coronavirus deaths – in excess of 30,000 on Thursday – than any other country, according to Johns Hopkins.
According to the Pew Research Center, 65% said Trump was tardy in responding when cases of the Covid-19 illness were first reported in other countries.
He initially downplayed the virus and has been keen to end the resulting lockdowns which have crippled the world’s largest economy.
The Pew survey was conducted April 7-12 among a sample 4,917 American adults.
It found that 52% said Trump’s public comments on the coronavirus outbreak are making the situation seem better than it really is.
Thirty-nine per cent said he is presenting the situation about as it really is, while 8% said he is making the situation seem worse than in reality.
Trump has been speaking at length during daily press conferences alongside medical experts.
On Thursday he recommended a gradual reopening of the economy, a day after saying “the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases.”
That declaration came on the same day tracking by Johns Hopkins University showed 2,569 US deaths over a previous 24-hour period, the heaviest daily toll of any country.
The Pew survey found that 73% of US adults said the worst is still to come in terms of problems the US is facing from the outbreak.
With state governors also working on plans to ease up on economic restrictions, 66% said their greater concern is that states will lift restrictions on public activity too quickly.
About half that number, 32%, said a reopening will not happen quickly enough.
The Covid-19 novel coronavirus emerged in China in late December.
On Jan 21 US officials announced the country’s first case, and other cases began emerging outside China leading the World Health Organization on Jan 30 to declare a “public health emergency of international concern.”
Trump, who boasted in January that “we have it totally under control,” did not declare a government initiative to “slow the spread” until March 16.
The US has more coronavirus deaths – in excess of 30,000 on Thursday – than any other country, according to Johns Hopkins.
The US state governors said they should decide when to re-start the economy, not President Trump.
ReplyDeleteSo Trump called their Bluff and said OK, I will let the governors make the decision.
Now Trump is in a no-lose position.
If the states do a good job Trump will say...."They followed My Guideline, see I made the right call".
If the states screw up, Trump will say "See I told you they are a bunch of idiots. I should have made the call".
Smart no...?
Before the last Presidential election Pepe le Pew predicted a Hillary Clinton win over Trump.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha...
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Clinton tops Trump by 9 points in new Pew poll. Voters are highly interested but displeased with their options, the poll finds.
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 07/07/2016
Voters are highly interested in the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but they're also largely dissatisfied with their options, according to a national Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.
Clinton leads Trump in a head-to-head matchup, 51 percent to 42 percent, with 7 percent undecided, according to the poll.
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Hilary did lead Trump in number of votes per se but lost to him in the electoral college voting
Deletewuhan virus started in china, y we keep reading news abt trump n usa? no survey done on xi n ccp?
ReplyDeleteMfer,
Delete"y we keep reading news abt trump n usa? no survey done on xi n ccp?"
SIMPLE lah.
Xi & CCP have done a commendable jobs in fighting off the covid-19 pandemic while yr idol Trump & USA r still shooting blind at everybody but themselves in the mishandling of the mounting US covid-19 death!
Only minion likes u, want to silent the critic about the deplorable death in US.
Unhappy that attention is now zoomed on Orange Buffoon for his huge bungling which results in his people dying in the thousands, breaching 40,000 soon ? Too bad lah...Wuhan no longer hot news..the shut down there is over, faham tak, OBER ! hehehehe....the special hospitals are mostly all closed down, the country opening up in stages and the economy picking up. Poor, poor Dumbo, having withdrawal syndrome, hehehehe.
DeleteBrace yourself for worse news...attention will soon zoom in to US' culpability in BRINGING the novel coronavirus to Wuhan in Oct last year, hehehehe...we are going into 'interesting time' ( Chinese saying, May You Live in Interesting Time ).
Save your sobs for more berita akan datang...
i can read whacking trump news every minutes in cnn, wp, nyt, bbc, guardian, wsj, bloomberg, ccp propaganda outlet like the star, sinchew, or kiss ccp ass outlet like strait times. i agree with u 3, ccp contain the virus successful, no more wuhan virus in ccp china, all activities resume as usual, its the safest country on earth, nothing to tell, in fact good show.
DeleteSo?
DeleteContinue to indulge in our favourite 台毒水炮 reading lah!
That will definitely make u feel elevated to yr demoNcratic high heaven.
Is this the other 1/3rd of Americans showing approval of Trump....?
ReplyDeleteWhatever the State Governors chose to do Trump can't lose...ha ha ha...
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Protests are popping up across the US over stay-at-home restrictions
Dakin Andone, CNN
April 17, 2020
(CNN)Protesters gathered in several state capitals this week to voice their opposition to stay-at-home orders issued to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina and Utah -- states led by both Republican and Democratic governors -- have all seen protests in recent days as people grow more concerned about the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
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