President Trump's efforts to construct an alternative reality in which the coronavirus situation is under control keep getting undermined | Analysis by stcollinson
Trump's efforts to construct an alternative reality in which the situation is under control were further undermined Monday after the total number of cases in the US soared past 550. His upbeat public rhetoric was also starkly at odds with increasingly dire warnings from inside his own administration about draconian steps that may need to be taken to combat the virus as it continues to spread.
Situation 'not encouraging,' a top US public health official saysThe concrete information needed to stem public concern and to help local authorities get a grip on the epidemic still seems hard to come by from top administration officials.On CNN's"State of the Union" on Sunday, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams was unable to say exactly how many people had so far been tested for coronavirus in the United States.
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