Trump keeps saying again today from the White House that nobody every thought this could happen. That is false. His own administration knew it could happen and likely would. And they also knew they were unprepared. nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
Here is the report. You can read it yourself. It is all here. Almost the exact scenario we are now living through. Except they modeled a flu outbreak, not coronavirus. 
Here is a link to the full report int.nyt.com/data/documenth…
Again, HHS knew it was going to run out of ventilators based on the supply it had, during a global pandemic. Trump just said during his Saturday news conference at the White House again it was a surprise. "No one has ever heard of it." Again false. PAGE 45. BLACK AND WHITE.
FYI, it is page 45 of the PDF, but it is page 39 numbered in the report.
Story just posted by my NYT colleagues gets at this tension. Trump "penchant for rewriting history, the disregard for expertise, the distortion of facts" In the midst of a global pandemic killing thousands can this work? @peterbakernyt @maggieNYT nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
