Rift between Trump and Coronavirus Experts Complicate Coronavirus Response

Chile, India, Argentina, Russia, South Africa and Bangladesh all have lower rates of deaths to infections, according to the Johns Hopkins-compiled data.

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“It’s not a bragging right that over 3 percent in your country that’s infected is dying,” Georgetown University's Gostin said.

Trump’s undercutting of his health advisers makes it all but impossible for the federal government to speak with a single, authoritative voice at a time of national crisis, critics say.

“It’s a very dangerous place for the country to be,” said Kathleen Sebelius, health and human services secretary under President Barack Obama.

“The reason I say it is very dangerous is that we continue to have a White House that has made a public health crisis in this country into a debate about whether people like Donald Trump or not. We have never seen a situation like this before, and we are paying the price.” 

(Writers: Aamer Madhani, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Jonathan Lemire) 

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