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Nov 2017: “the most important lesson from 1918 is to tell the truth. Though that idea is incorporated into every preparedness plan I know of its actual implementation will depend on the character and leadership of the people in charge when a crisis erupts” smithsonianmag.com/history/journa…
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“Public health officials and experts also struggled to find an uneasy equilibrium between doing their jobs honestly and transparently while trying to manage a mercurial president, who griped about what he viewed as overheated rhetoric by officials and the media.”
This article is scathing:

“The repeated false claims by the president that the virus was being contained exacerbated the problem. They made it difficult for public health officials to lay out the need to prepare for what happens next”

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“Mr. Trump has continually made false statements and misinformed the public about the severity of a virus that has left at least 37 people in the United States dead. Instead, his focus has been on repeating how well he thinks the response has gone” nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/…
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