The Handling Of American Evacuees From Wuhan Likely Caused Increased Covid-19 Spread.
A new report finds the Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan and brought to the US were not properly handled and that caused increased Covid-19 risk. (The Washington Post)
“As the first American evacuees from Wuhan, China, touched down at a California military base a year ago, fleeing the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, they were met by U.S. health officials with no virus prevention plan or infection-control training — and who had not even been told to wear masks, according to a federal investigation.
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The Trump Administration was concerned about the bad optics of protective gear. Bad optics was something the Administration was running from all the way up until the pandemic was a full national crisis with no turning back. After the pandemic took root from coast to coast there was still no plan to combat the disease and simple protective measures like wearing mask were eschewed by Trump and people in his administration as proof of a liberal conspiracy intent on manipulation. That sentiment lasted right up until the early morning hours of January 20th.
