Thread by @Neoavatara

So since I am already getting heat...Let me stipulate that even before today, I 100% believed Trump downplayed COVID.

That isn't a secret. He did so publicly at his press conferences.

Problem is the 'Oh, I knew it was dangerous, airborne'.

I think he's talking out of his ass.

Why do I think that?

Because every infectious disease expert we know, those that worked in the Obama administration as well, all said otherwise.

Redfield. Fauci. Birx. And even former CDC heads.

Not one said it was airborne in February.

Furthermore, these experts were giving real time info to Governors and mayors as early as mid-Feb. We know for a fact Fauci talked to Cuomo and DeBlasio around the middle of that month.

Unless you think Fauci was lying, whatever info the White House had, Cuomo and DeBlasio had.

Also, these same people gave briefings to everyone in Congress, from Nancy Pelosi on down.

Here is Nancy Pelosi in late February...a week or so AFTER she got a briefing from CDC, etc.

Are we saying Fauci, etc all lied to the Speaker of the House?

nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nan…

A week later, DeBlasio tells New Yorkers that the subways are safe.

Remember...he had a briefing almost three weeks before this.

nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny…

The same weak, Gov. Cuomo also said the buses and subways were safe.

He resisted closing schools for TWO MORE WEEKS.

wsj.com/articles/amid-…

It was only on March 16th that New York finally acted, and closed schools.

theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…

The Woodward video comes LATER THAT WEEK.

The timeline makes no sense, UNLESS its Trump bloviating that he is smarter than everyone else, because...that is what he does.

cnbc.com/2020/09/09/tru…

The only way to square the circle otherwise is:

1. Fauci, Birx, etc (who were all Obama nominees too) lied to Democrats about the science (unlikely).

or....

2. Dems knew the risks, and downplayed it too.

Lets also remember two key points:

1. China denied it being airborned through out this period.

2. WHO only admitted it was airborne on JULY 9th! That is not a typo.

Unless you think the WHO is stupid or are composed of liars, none of this makes sense.

livescience.com/who-covid-19-a….

Again, you would have to shut off all portions of your logical thinking to believe all this.

Unless you think Trump is smarter than several Nobel laureates, the entire WHO, CDC and US health apparatus.

I mean, come on people. Get a grip.

And THIS.

If this is true...Woodward let people die for book profits...right?

https://twitter.com/JazzShaw/status/1303735406006095872?s=20