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Opinion: Journalists are tasked with reporting the truth. So what to do when Trump lies?

of respondents generally trust what Trump says about the novel coronavirus, as opposed to 66 percent who trust the governors of their states and 60 percent who believe Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Whatever he’s doing to his political standing, though, Trump is clearly making the task of the nation’s governors and public health officials much more difficult. He has begun lobbying for restarting the economy by May 1 or even earlier, despite warnings from Fauci and other scientists that reopening too soon would risk inviting a new wave of infections, hospitalizations and deaths that likely would mean yet another shutdown.

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