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How two presidents prepared for a hundred-year health crisis | America’s Pandemic

How two presidents prepared for a hundred-year health crisis | America’s Pandemic

Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush never faced a pandemic, but both came to understand what a major global health crisis could mean for the United States, and each took steps to prepare. Through interviews with former high-ranking officials — including Kenneth Bernard, Tommy Thompson, Mike Leavitt and Frances Townsend — “Fair warning” documents…

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Donald Trump's coronavirus timeline: how the President’s message has changed

Donald Trump's coronavirus timeline: how the President’s message has changed

Since the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump has offered differing responses. In late January, he claimed his ban on travellers from China “shut it down”, while constantly stating what a good job his administration had done to control the virus’ spread across the United States. (Subscribe: As he touted positive cases in the USA at only…

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