Was that we were situationally blind. We had no idea where this virus was and wasnt spreading. So when it came down to shutting down cities, rather than shutting down cities like new york city, we went for a shutdown across the whole country, which was unnecessary in retrospect. We could have focused on mitigation. We had no diagnostic test in the field to screen people. What c. D. C. Officials were relying on and telling the Coronavirus Task force was there was no spread of coronavirus spread, because they were looking at the influencelike surveillance, who is presentering tpresenting to hoss with flulike symptoms, and therefore the coronavirus may not be spreading. I was talking to officials over this time, and they were adamant about that, and i suppose the president was also being told that the virus wasnt spreading. And that may have affected his willingness to maybe talk it down a little bit. That really was the tragic mistake, not just that we didnt have the information that we
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Criticized for playing quote stupid playing games with the in u. And isnt yesterday protests deepened ecuadors government signals its open to International Mediation to resolve the crisis. Fellow Kurdish Forces have warned any military escalation in northeast syria could lead to a return of eisel and cause a mass displacement of people talk as troops are gathering near the Syrian Border in preparation for an offensive against the kurdish s. D. F. It follows a preemptive strike by ankara targeting the syrian iraqi border in attempt to cut kurdish supply lines u. S. President denies hes abandoned kurdish fighters after announcing he would withdraw american troops from the region is also tone down his language towards ankara praising to turkey as a trade partner and nato ally amid the rhetoric the un france and germany have both sounded the alarm warning the offensive could have a significant humanitarian impact in the region john struck the reports made turkish Syrian Border. Heavy weapo
As protests deepen ecuadors government signals its open so in some National Mediation to resolve the crisis. And a cash crisis at the u. N. Which warns it might not be able to keep up its global commitments including paying stops at the end of the month. In doha with all the days sport so africa qualifies for the quarter finals ill tell you who the springboks are likely to face next at the big. Kurdish forces of ward any military escalation in northeast syria could lead to a return of isilon calls a mass displacement of people to use troops a gathering near the Syrian Border in preparation for an offensive against the kurdish. If it was a preemptive strike by ankara targeting the syrian iraqi border in an attempt to cut kurdish supply lines. The u. S. President denies hes abandoned kurdish. Withdraw american troops from the region hes also toned down his language towards praising turkey as a traitor. Well amid the rhetoric the un france and germany have both sounded the warning offensi