The U.S. death rate from COVID far exceeded that of peer nations. That was not due to excessive lockdowns or masking. It was due to incompetence in the White House. Time for a great remembering. https://t.co/TAhOcvOIBN

— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 5, 2024

“Let’s at least try to ensure that no more Americans die because of a lie.”

How many Americans may have died from Covid misinformation and pandemic politicization? CNN's @JohnAvlon explains in today's #RealityCheck: pic.twitter.com/xN8JhTyfKg

— CNN (@CNN) May 13, 2022

It didn’t have to be this way.pic.twitter.com/igAzBDX1i1 https://t.co/z5tF4pZykm

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 4, 2022

Watch live: GAO watchdog details report that says Trump politically interfered in U.S. COVID-19 response https://t.co/gzUCQPxoLx

— UPI.com (@UPI) April 29, 2022

A House oversight panel found former President Donald Trump and his administration routinely undermined efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic last year, prolonging a deadly public health disaster in the hopes of winning an election he eventually lost https://t.co/plRuuuBmsw

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 17, 2021

Deborah Birx told a House subcommittee that the Trump administration could have reduced COVID deaths by 30 to 40%, saying that the 2020 election “distracted” them from the pandemic.https://t.co/sKdXap5bLM

— Axios (@axios) October 26, 2021

Pandemic Warnings From 2018-19 Resurface After Trump Claims Nobody Thought One Would Happen https://t.co/GsYoEnLhGV

— #Expel&ProsecuteSeditionistsNow (@jamijturner) September 26, 2021

We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores. https://t.co/1qqpgayUEX

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 25, 2019

Ten days: After an early coronavirus warning, Trump is distracted as he downplays threat https://t.co/3a5W3Gld0A

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 17, 2020

The Trump administration "made every single mistake you could possibly make,” Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist, told @NickKristof https://t.co/QcbLESQqUR

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) September 13, 2020

He doesn’t want to cause a panic. pic.twitter.com/rjFQ1xv1dI

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 10, 2020

Trump is like the captain of a ship who knows it is about to hit an iceberg but doesn’t tell the passengers to make for the lifeboats.

That is an offense even more serious than simply falling asleep at the watch.@PostOpinions https://t.co/ma0xCjcYGV

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) September 10, 2020

.⁦@drsanjaygupta⁩ compares what Trump knew to what he said at the time – CNN Video https://t.co/DiJbgQ2k2Q

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 9, 2020

In new tapes, President Trump admits to Bob Woodward he concealed critical details he knew about the coronavirus. "I wanted to always play it down." https://t.co/0gAGB04AoC pic.twitter.com/5LX8prBFNJ

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 9, 2020

Trump's statements and known actions relating to the Coronavirus outbreak in the US compared to a map of where the virus was known to be at the time, from news reports and tweets:

1/3/20 – The Trump administration received its first formal notification of the outbreak in China. pic.twitter.com/24acrS9QPj

— TheValuesVoter (Also on Threads and BlueSky) (@TheValuesVoter) May 6, 2020

This is the Trump legacy. pic.twitter.com/z9usWxc2q0

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 12, 2020

Over nearly two decades, the U.S. government had assembled the know-how to spare this nation the worst effects of the next viral mutation that would, someday, arise. That someday came, and every bit of the planning was for naught, @JamesFallows writes. https://t.co/HjUT5vf9VE

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 29, 2020

A revised timeline of the Coronavirus pandemic as it spread across America:

12/31/19 – The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported 27 cases of viral pneumonia.
1/3/20 – CDC Director Redfield spoke with his Chinese counterpart and was informed of the outbreak. pic.twitter.com/08u83luYWL

— TheValuesVoter (Also on Threads and BlueSky) (@TheValuesVoter) June 23, 2020

This is devastating: "Our analysis shows that with the same actions actually taken by other nations large and small, from East and West, the U.S. could have prevented 70% to 99% of its Covid-19 deaths. This has been a needless tragedy." https://t.co/Xi7JEJ89Ox via @statnews

— David Abel (@davabel) June 20, 2020

We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores. https://t.co/1qqpgayUEX

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 25, 2019

100,000 Americans have died of coronavirus—most of whom could have been saved.

Let's put Trump's chaos into context: pic.twitter.com/PSoB97wI2s

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) May 27, 2020

The U.S. has “contained” the coronavirus, NEC Director Larry Kudlow says. “Pretty close to airtight.” https://t.co/LJKSIghL7q pic.twitter.com/mkRzCrHMM1

— CNBC (@CNBC) February 25, 2020

Trump, his surrogates and supporters would like us to believe that China is entirely to blame for our Coronavirus outbreak and that Trump somehow bears no blame at all.

But by the time Trump tweeted this praise of Xi, the Coronavirus was already known to be in 6 US states. https://t.co/nqugUtNUsk pic.twitter.com/Ns3orLYksz

— TheValuesVoter (Also on Threads and BlueSky) (@TheValuesVoter) April 29, 2020

We poured an enormous amount of time into this.

Dare I say, the most comprehensive Timeline of #Coronavirus and US government’s response.

Thanks to the great work of my coauthor, Danielle Schulkin.#CoronavirusTimeline #covid #COVID19 #CoronaVirusUpdatehttps://t.co/62MAaRVL13

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) April 13, 2020

JUST POSTED: A Readers Guide to the "Red Dawn" Emails. These are now vital historical documents. Primary source documents that researchers will turn to for decades to come. Read them yourself now. https://t.co/5NWdk5TQCo

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) April 11, 2020

Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources – @ABC News. The National Center for Medical intelligence findings on Coronavirus in China briefed to White House and military officials in 2019. What was done in response? https://t.co/PBgxOLAlrK

— George Stephanopoulos (@GStephanopoulos) April 8, 2020

NO
I
DON’T
TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY
AT
ALL…#Trumpdemic https://t.co/MtEuQsUZq6

— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) April 4, 2020

A damning new CNN scoop reports that administration officials sounded the alarm about pandemics last year.

The administration's response?

The China cover-up held us back!

But a look at the timeline shows that this excuse is a sick joke.

New piece:https://t.co/2fAgmTmrGq

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) April 3, 2020

Dr. Gupta: 100,000 – 200,000 projected U.S. lives lost because government started late @drsanjaygupta reports https://t.co/NKe46fVVkW pic.twitter.com/Yvt2CUbhqs

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 30, 2020

Trump's coronavirus strategy:

"The president has been laying the groundwork to blame everyone from Dem governors to GM for whatever negative outcomes there may be — a strategy he's deployed throughout his career and presidency, a GOP strategist said."https://t.co/CMMYRo57dU

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) March 30, 2020

CBS and the NYT obtained a recording of Trump's conference call with governors. On the call, Trump said "I haven’t heard about testing in weeks." He touted the government's testing improvements, even though many sick people are still pleading to be testedhttps://t.co/2mfSzsev9X

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 30, 2020

Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has been a disaster from the beginning. Here are 9 questions he must answer immediately: pic.twitter.com/YjqVRoZnlc

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 28, 2020

The battle to keep Americans from understanding what went on January to March is going to be one of the biggest propaganda and freedom of information fights in modern US history. https://t.co/X5ImkrTPsB Precisely because so much of it is public, confusion has to be made massive.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 29, 2020

The White House classifying and restricting access to key meetings on COVID-19 delayed the U.S. response to the pandemic, risking the health and safety of the public. We requested records on the unusual classification decision.https://t.co/AWspKq9CB7

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 27, 2020

One month ago today, Trump said "when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done."

As of today, the US, with 81,782 confirmed cases, has more total cases than any country in the world.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2020

It's not true that nobody ever thought this crisis could happen. It's not true that the WaPo report on Inslee's comments to Trump was "fake news." It's not true that "everybody" wants businesses reopened rapidly amid the pandemic. https://t.co/DZOp17cfdr

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2020

Three years ago, the Department of Homeland Security stopped updating its pandemic models and now officials are scrambling to find documents about what to do in the case of a rapidly spreading pandemic. https://t.co/KgtlWgRl8e

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 27, 2020

Holy freaking hell. A nursing manager at Mt Sinai Hospital in NYC just died from coronavirus. Nurses at the hospital have been wearing trash bags because of the lack of protective gear. https://t.co/DSkHKVECmE pic.twitter.com/gl3w7ksPog

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) March 26, 2020

Watch: All the President’s false promises regarding the tests for COVID-19 https://t.co/352PZlz5DE pic.twitter.com/spD0tZG6iK

— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) March 22, 2020

NEW: POTUS has been reluctant to use the DPA to procure ventilators, tests and PPE, saying it could nationalize businesses. But the administration has used the authority thousands of times previously , including for armor for border agents. https://t.co/KixNm6BwFX w/ @AnaSwanson

— Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) March 31, 2020

Trump Won’t Order Vital Coronavirus Supplies Because Corporate CEOs Asked Him Not To. They’re worried it could be bad for business.https://t.co/6lW6WKFGWz

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 23, 2020

“Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has thrown out the established government plan for dealing with pandemics, after concluding it was insufficient because it never envisioned a pandemic of this breadth” https://t.co/LjsOi8czhU

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) March 23, 2020

As usual with “this” General Motors, things just never seem to work out. They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, “very quickly”. Now they are saying it will only be 6000, in late April, and they want top dollar. Always a mess with Mary B. Invoke “P”.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2020

Trump on using the Defense Production Act to direct companies to produce medical equipment such as ventilators: “we don’t need it”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 26, 2020

This is criminal incompetence. https://t.co/399m1BMPZJ

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) March 27, 2020

SCOOP — CBP has 1.5 million expired N95 masks sitting in an Indiana warehouse that it plans to give to TSA, not hospitals or FEMA. The CDC issued guidelines nearly 4 weeks ago for the safe use of past-date masks, saying they remain effective https://t.co/ULtDDh08Ta

— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 26, 2020

China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2020

Today I was briefed by leading global health experts about the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China. We learned that the risk of transmission within the U.S. is low at present. I will continue to work closely with U.S. officials to ensure Americans are protected.

— Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member (@SenateForeign) January 24, 2020

We are in very close communication with China concerning the virus. Very few cases reported in USA, but strongly on watch. We have offered China and President Xi any help that is necessary. Our experts are extraordinary!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2020

Just received a briefing on the Coronavirus in China from all of our GREAT agencies, who are also working closely with China. We will continue to monitor the ongoing developments. We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7! pic.twitter.com/rrtF1Stk78

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2020

Working closely with China and others on Coronavirus outbreak. Only 5 people in U.S., all in good recovery.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2020

The White House is launching a communications plan across multiple federal agencies that focuses on accusing Beijing of orchestrating a "cover-up" and creating a global pandemic, according to two U.S. officials and a cable obtained by The Daily Beast. https://t.co/UnaOttKmts

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 21, 2020

Just left the Administration briefing on Coronavirus. Bottom line: they aren't taking this seriously enough.

Notably, no request for ANY emergency funding, which is a big mistake. Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff etc. And they need it now.

— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 5, 2020

Trump failed.

He knew.

Another great ad from the @JoeBiden digital team.pic.twitter.com/UqInvp0jQw

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) March 22, 2020

On @jaketapper Dr @drsanjaygupta stated the estimates project 40-60% of Americans will be infected with coronavirus
Let’s use 50%
AMERICA POPULATION CLOCKhttps://t.co/P5mabnFey4
329,406,500
50% = 164,703,250
Deaths at a 1% rate = 1,647,032
STAY HOMEpic.twitter.com/QoJGGAQ87B

— File411 (@File411) March 18, 2020

Michael Lewis, author of “The Fifth Risk,” says it was clear early on in the Trump presidency that the administration was ill-equipped to handle the most critical missions of government.

It was “not hard to have predicted… that something was going to happen.” pic.twitter.com/buAz5lwduQ

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) March 21, 2020

Essay from Josh Lerner, MD after @CDCgov loosens guidelines for everyone on the front lines

“In one of the most vivid scenes in @HBO miniseries "Chernobyl" soldiers dressed in leather smocks ran out into radioactive areas to literally shovel radioactive material out of harms way

— Sporting Generosity (@SportGenerosity) March 21, 2020

Trump's daily depravity has become so routine that he basically agreed with the claim that US news organizations are conspiring with foreign state propaganda, and it isn't news.

The sociopathy of today's display is in a league of its own. New piece:https://t.co/EPXpWpT8Kd

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) March 19, 2020

This new ad from @ForTheRuleOfLaw will run Friday morning on Fox and Friends.
"We pretty much shut it down…It'll be down to close to zero…It's really working out…No, I don't take responsibility at all."
America needs a president who tells the truth. Our lives depend on it. pic.twitter.com/l8pzdbItrk

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 19, 2020

Where is the get-tested website that the president promised last week? Where is the detailed info about drive-through locations in chain store parking lots? https://t.co/TDKMXVTVdz

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 19, 2020

"Every time Trump irritates or appalls you, write it down in your Coronavirus Diary. After this is all over, we’ll have a contest for the best collection," writes @GailCollins. https://t.co/AJsuGaMlfD

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 19, 2020

WSJ: “While the virus was quietly spreading within the U.S., the CDC had told state and local officials its ‘testing capacity is more than adequate to meet current testing demands,’ according to a Feb. 26 agency email viewed by The Wall Street Journal ..” https://t.co/PYzIhLhyFm

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 18, 2020

By the end of February, a Berlin start-up had produced 1.4 million tests for coronavirus to ship around the world. The US said no thanks; we can create our own.
But now after numerous failures, the US now has the lowest rate for testing its citizens https://t.co/ulTFDOOlje

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 17, 2020

"The coronavirus failure should be a wake-up call that Trump has not made America great again," @MaxBoot writes.

"Quite the opposite: He has accelerated our decline." https://t.co/L8kGLPIdPG

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 19, 2020

The Chinese scientist who invented the coronavirus test had worked at the University of Florida for 25 years and raised his kids here but left, along with two other notable researchers, because of the Trump administration investigating them.https://t.co/xClaxnqXZ1

— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) March 18, 2020

On #CNNSOTU @jaketapper looks at how when it comes to the coronavirus, it's Trump versus the facts https://t.co/qLlZDeMPhA

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) March 8, 2020

at least 26 Seattle-area hospital workers have tested positive for COVID-19.

one of those 26 had to lie about their symptoms just to get a test.https://t.co/093Tf44akr

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) March 18, 2020

Reported US coronavirus cases in March via @CNN:

3/1: 89
3/2: 105
3/3: 125
3/4: 159
3/5: 227
3/6: 331
3/7: 444
3/8: 564
3/9: 728
3/10: 1,000
3/11: 1,267
3/12: 1,645
3/13: 2,204
3/14: 2,826
3/15: 3,505
3/16: 4,466
Now: 5,839

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 18, 2020

The Gov. of Oregon wrote Pence asking for 400k masks. WH didn't respond for a week. Then it sent just 37k masks. Most were expired.

NYC asked the feds for 2 millions masks. It 76,000.

*All were expired.* pic.twitter.com/owF1pRwkKH

— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) March 18, 2020

Well here's what's going on in Seattle. Admin workers at one of our big hospital chains assembling homemade masks from whatever they can get at craft stores and Home Depot because they're running short (so yeah, we've got problems) https://t.co/Ics3gd6H1u

— Dina Bass (@dinabass) March 18, 2020

With the U.S. having tested “only about 40,000 of its nearly 330 million people—the worst record in the developed world—we are struggling to catch up…all while the virus spreads, possibly so widely that it becomes entrenched and impossible to suppress” https://t.co/xxuOnEb2sB

— Elise Jordan (@Elise_Jordan) March 18, 2020

Trump in January: Coronavirus is 'not at all' a pandemic

Trump now: 'I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic' pic.twitter.com/HmvzBVpWyR

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) March 17, 2020

Trump on Thursday: "You know, I just got back from India, and I didn’t shake any hands there."

Indian news website ThePrint: https://t.co/A2vgAccosS pic.twitter.com/DJk3s82UKC

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 17, 2020

Two White House sources told @costareports that @TuckerCarlson's monologue on the coronavirus last Monday led Trump to reconsider his position https://t.co/P5Z2wUCxOX pic.twitter.com/Hd7sYpx3K5

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 17, 2020

When the next pandemic occurs (and make no mistake, it will) and the federal government is unable to respond in a coordinated and effective fashion to protect the lives of US citizens and others, this decision by John Bolton and Donald Trump will be why. https://t.co/iMSzopSRaI

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) May 10, 2018

New: Starting immediately and for the next 8 weeks, CDC recommends cancelling all events of 50 or more people. Full recommendation here: https://t.co/LrjUt4rl7B #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/OroIqhTYJo

— CDC (@CDCgov) March 16, 2020

https://t.co/90K3qwBFFw

Brian: "Susan Glasser… covering the president? Ignore the president?@sbg1 (I bought an online subscription to the @NewYorker because of Susan and their other great writers)

"It is our job to do exactly what you said, which is hold public

— David Limbaugh – DavidInMidTn on Threads (@david4potus2020) March 15, 2020

Fauci today: "The worst is yet ahead for us," possible there'll be hundreds of thousands of US deaths, young people aren't safe

Trump today: "It's something we have tremendous control of," "it will all pass," young people "just are not strongly affected" https://t.co/omfjT2Rr7O

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 16, 2020

Trump told governors this morning they are on their own:
“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call, a recording of which was shared with The New York Times. https://t.co/K0sont7MBc

— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) March 16, 2020

“No, I don’t take responsibility at all”. pic.twitter.com/tZ7GkFxYKJ

— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) March 14, 2020

.@MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump touts virus testing policy that does not exist https://t.co/2zXizzMIiE

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 15, 2020

"[R]epresentatives from CVS, Target, Walgreens, Walmart and other retailers said after Trump's announcement that they still did not yet know exactly how the tests would be administered or other basic details, including when or where they would begin." https://t.co/YQiOdrMHSM

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 15, 2020

‘This is not a game’: Cops break up ‘corona party’ of 47 people – including DJ – in man’s apartment https://t.co/A59qSDlsln

— Denise P Rescue Dog Mom 🇺🇦🌊🌊🌊🐝🌻🐝🌻🐝💉💉💉 (@padenpur) April 2, 2020

Proud of our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Rishi Desai, for his work educating the public and health professionals alike. https://t.co/e25YWhEq3v

— Osmosis from Elsevier (@OsmosisMed) April 2, 2020

NEWS: Remember when Trump announced drive-thru #CovidTesting for Americans at Target, Walgreens, Walmart & CVS parking lots?

While these retailers have ~30K locations combined, only 5 locations offer testing as of today

story from @kaitlancollins & me https://t.co/dIFSz979ll

— Cristina Alesci (@CristinaAlesci) April 1, 2020

The captain of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Pacific Ocean has pleaded with the Pentagon for more help as a coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship continues to spread. “Dozens of sailors have been infected.” https://t.co/kaYyvtwi2c

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 31, 2020

PLAYBOOK this morning:

YOU’D BE FORGIVEN, in this time of trouble and distress, for wondering whether your federal government has a handle on this pandemic, or if it’s a complete and utter train wreck.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 31, 2020

WH officials have privately criticized Whitmer for showing her inexperience on the group conference calls w/the president, and they defend him as a counter-puncher.

But she has been relatively measured in her public criticisms of Trump.

https://t.co/GyO8gKwOuA

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) March 31, 2020

It took a month for the US to reach 1,000 deaths. Those killed by the Coronavirus doubled to 2,000 in two days.
This is not the flu. https://t.co/gkBA3Drb6a

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 29, 2020

A humbling photo essay on how the coronavirus has left whispers in the streets of some of the world’s biggest cities and smaller towns. https://t.co/DyoftdD112

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 29, 2020

Trump at the briefing: “22 days ago,” the stock market “hit an all-time high”

22 days before the briefing: the Dow drops another 970 points,
3.6%, to close more than 3,000 points below its February 12 peak https://t.co/owunj5Zp3T

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 28, 2020

March 28 COVID Update: This week & the month are going to be hard. We have to do our best to protect vulnerable populations & health care workers.

But a couple states I talked to today feel there is a real fork in the road. I will share what the paths seem to be.1/

— Andy Slavitt 🇺🇦 (@ASlavitt) March 28, 2020

*Back in early February*, Azar asked for $2 billion bulk up the fed’s stockpile of masks etc.

The White House cut request by 75 percent.https://t.co/XZrGmwTIGe pic.twitter.com/Q22PD3oAZT

— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) March 29, 2020

Today's @NYPost cover: BEDLAM. "A shocking new Facebook video shows disturbing, crowded conditions inside the emergency room at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens — with gurneys crammed side by side and sick patients waiting on chairs…" https://t.co/B9HMlLgLNN pic.twitter.com/e43d2qXwJU

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 28, 2020

Dyson has designed and built an entirely new ventilator, called the "CoVent," since founder James Dyson received a call 10 days ago from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume," he said https://t.co/PCNBAPQxpE

— CNN (@CNN) March 28, 2020

Analysis: Trump suggests personal grievances factor into his coronavirus decisions https://t.co/ZwPNRlvONX

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 28, 2020

Trump got tons of attention for promising Covid tests at big box stores, but 2 weeks later there are only a few. Senior admin official "said the admin's initial drive-through testing ambitions had to be scaled back because of the lack of tests nationwide." https://t.co/zFns6cfwI5

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 28, 2020

The tragedy is that we knew this was coming, writes @MichaelJMorell and @KristinWood_IC https://t.co/7il6Kne7Q0

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 27, 2020

Donald Trump has the power to ramp up production of critical medical supplies and equipment using the Defense Production Act. But declaring the action is only a half-step, writes @jennifersaba. https://t.co/LaiNhYrdhn pic.twitter.com/vLfUJ02xhD

— Reuters Breakingviews (@Breakingviews) March 27, 2020

"China warned Italy. Italy warned us. We didn’t listen. Now the onus is on the rest of America to listen to New York." https://t.co/QkTHfjHDi4

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 28, 2020

California police chief to Trump administration: ‘Stop testing NBA players, and start testing our first responders’ https://t.co/1OSZS5QKj8

— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) March 28, 2020

BREAKING nationwide survey finds U.S. cities have acute shortages of masks, test kits, ventilators as they face coronavirus threat https://t.co/LQ7ulDd1El

— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 27, 2020

As doctors and nurses grow more desperate, a former Acting CDC Director says he hopes hospitals are talking potential worst-case scenario. @DrRichBesser discusses pic.twitter.com/pMc3awnpzF

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 27, 2020

#BREAKING: Over 500 NYPD members test positive for coronavirus https://t.co/VrKumdWqkV pic.twitter.com/uQj9P71BF5

— The Hill (@thehill) March 27, 2020

Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls President Trump "incorrect and grossly uninformed" about New York's ventilator situation as their fight escalates https://t.co/n1eBtxRfDN pic.twitter.com/wCrOiXVDSf

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 27, 2020

All of us need a new way of thinking about risk management when it comes time to restore currently constrained parts of economic life, @RonaldKlain writes https://t.co/hF1nHSDPx2

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 27, 2020

Arizona has so few coronavirus test kits that state officials are warning that screening could end, Dem Rep. Greg Stanton said in a letter to Pence.

Stanton said the Trump admin continued to "grossly mismanage" the crisis & "crippled" doctors and nurses.https://t.co/gJ7rgCvCX1

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 27, 2020

The US has now surpassed China and Italy — two countries hit hard by the coronavirus — with at least 82,100 reported cases, but several health officials and experts say it's still the beginning. https://t.co/6kFhJXKPrQ

— CNN (@CNN) March 27, 2020

I thought I was hardened to the depravity of the Trumpified right but I am astonished by the callous willingness to risk large no’s of innocent casualties—as if the economy can function while hospitals are overwhelmed and people are terrified of infection. https://t.co/a3PRgemsaG

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) March 27, 2020

The Investigators: Do safety laws protect workers who report to work during the pandemic? https://t.co/92Aeb3gDws

— Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) March 27, 2020

BURIED IN THE FINE PRINT: On page 203 of the stimulus bill passed late last night, there's a tax tweak that could save wealthy real estate investors $170 BILLION over 10 years.@JesseDrucker shines a spotlight on the little-noticed provision. https://t.co/8A7hiWUjpL

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 26, 2020

Lot of discussion about how we're missing positive cases and therefore the fatality rate is lower than we think, but much less discussion if we're missing Covid fatalities. Some evidence from Italy that we might be.https://t.co/slK6hLsyLu

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 27, 2020

Trump pushes to open parts of country as governors in hard-hit states warn more needs to be done to combat pandemic https://t.co/lUmB4fadw7

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 27, 2020

Quick message to all of you…BE SAFE and get ready for a HUGE celebration in a few weeks…#Trump #success #neversettle #americalivingroom #benjaminbarandlounge #onlyfivestarhoteldowntowndc #doitbetterthananyoneelse #luxuryhotel #BeStrong #BeSafe pic.twitter.com/P4KhDwmMwn

— Mickael Damelincourt (@mdamelincourt) March 24, 2020

More than 100 employees at three Boston hospitals have tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/rptioTu5us

— CNN (@CNN) March 26, 2020

“They just take their courage in their hands…Of course they have fear, they’re human. None of us knows where this is taking us. We don’t even know if we might get sick. But none of them so far has defaulted on their duty, their calling.”https://t.co/IRYcQeyK6w

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 26, 2020

Three Unaccompanied Immigrant Children In US Custody Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus

The children are among the first to test positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak started.https://t.co/KwD4c75lLH

— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) March 27, 2020

NYT: "Doctors said they had tried to resuscitate people while drenched in sweat under their protective gear, face masks fogging up. Some patients have been found dead in their rooms while doctors were busy helping others." https://t.co/0YEaNv3VGD https://t.co/NG39rA16RU

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 25, 2020

UPDATE: FEMA confirms that New York has asked the feds for emergency mortuary assistance.

Scoop with @woodruffbets and @dlippman https://t.co/hw12ZhxtNn

— Amanda Eisenberg (@amandaeisenber) March 25, 2020

Our governing system is on two tracks. Large parts of it are working like a real government. But the presidency is now just a daily talk show, hosted by a self-centered blowhard worried only about his poll numbers who keeps making things worse.
My column https://t.co/g074qXVx3T

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) March 25, 2020

Just reported that the United States has done far more “testing” than any other nation, by far! In fact, over an eight day span, the United States now does more testing than what South Korea (which has been a very successful tester) does over an eight week span. Great job!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2020

Here it is: South Korea is producing 100,000 test kits PER DAY! The US has done 400k tests in total!https://t.co/QRZoAglzIs

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 25, 2020

Imagine a pilot says: “We have 2 faulty engines. But we’re going take off and try to fix them in flight. We figure the risk of a crash is worth it, because we don’t want you to get bored waiting at the airport.”

If you were a passenger you’d be terrified.https://t.co/91gISkFswY

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) March 25, 2020

Warnings Ignored: A Timeline of Trump’s COVID-19 Response https://t.co/hnXlAMYMvi via @BulwarkOnline

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 25, 2020

The National Funeral Directors Association has asked President Trump to designate death care workers as “essential critical infrastructure workers” as the coronavirus claims the lives of more Americans. https://t.co/ESgc3GoxZZ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 25, 2020

On Governors asking for help, Trump says, "It's a two way street they have to treat us well too." pic.twitter.com/U0JBBeUYYh

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 24, 2020

I cannot believe what Trump is doing to my city. If my column could cry, it would. https://t.co/RGr1FRnP0H

— Jennifer Senior (@JenSeniorNY) March 25, 2020

Oh my gosh: “The woman, 42, had been dead 12 to 16 hours when the police, checking on her welfare, discovered her body, Hawk said.

Her child, apparently 4 or 5 years old, was in the home at the time.” https://t.co/QVwfkUbdjS

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) March 24, 2020

He lies. He boasts. He bashes the media. He makes vague promises. He plays conqueror, cheerleader and victim. He talks about whatever he wants to talk about.

Trump has turned the daily coronavirus briefings into Trump rallies: https://t.co/eBaZedRWtD

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 24, 2020

“The growing gulf between the White House and officials on the front lines of the pandemic underscored concerns in cities, states and Congress that Trump does not have a coherent or ready plan to mobilize private and public entities to confront a crisis.” https://t.co/OjnWhBZWkV

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 24, 2020

"A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate," one of the anti-malaria drugs that President Trump has mentioned in recent days. https://t.co/8Kuwj3tlA1

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 23, 2020

WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF. AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020

Trump: GM and Ford are making ventilators "right now."

AP fact check: GM and Ford are not yet making ventilators. https://t.co/Dlkn4U8fB3

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 23, 2020

Surgeon general: "I want America to understand — this week, it's going to get bad." https://t.co/e1DNLDdZhR

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 23, 2020

On #CNNSOTU @FEMA_Pete tells @jaketapper that President Trump hasn’t used Defense Production Act yethttps://t.co/3ui8WsAObt

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) March 22, 2020

Please don't take hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) plus Azithromycin for #COVID19 UNLESS your doctor prescribes it. Both drugs affect the QT interval of your heart and can lead to arrhythmias and sudden death, especially if you are taking other meds or have a heart condition.

— Dr. Edsel Salvana (@EdselSalvana) March 21, 2020

NEW: A portrait of an administration in chaos over coronavirus, with short-term priorities swamping long-term strategy, and aides trying to execute on Trump’s “half-baked promises.” https://t.co/nUowbfVpGu

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 22, 2020

Lots of confusion but Trump has not compelled any private companies to ramp up production under the Defense Production Act. https://t.co/qz6fWZ6z64

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 21, 2020

You almost can’t blame Trump for epic incompetence: He is who he is. He didn’t deceive anyone. I blame the voters who elected him—and the senators who refused to impeach him. They should have known better. Because they didn’t, we will pay a fearful price.https://t.co/lOeyGBQ6AE

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) March 21, 2020

“Why aren’t we sanitizing the masks… we have very good liquids for doing this” pic.twitter.com/sJfkzX3d7R

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 21, 2020

The indispensable @juliettekayyem on the question of how long we'll be in sweatpants (i.e., what's the "endgame"?). She tentatively ventures 2 months–which depends on a dramatic short-term increase in testing & medical supplies that's by no means certain.https://t.co/KPpHo05JBv

— Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman) March 21, 2020

Fact check: President Trump claimed the Food and Drug Administration had approved the "very powerful" drug chloroquine to treat coronavirus.

But chloroquine has not been approved by the FDA to treat the coronavirus — and nor has any other drug. https://t.co/yxYmtdciqr

— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2020

"The president doesn't take responsibility very often and he tries to blame his predecessor for most things even when it's a complete stretch," reporter Jonathan Lemire says of President Trump's coronavirus response.https://t.co/6FU9JVXllw

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 21, 2020

They shouldn't even be aired anymore. They are his rallies. It's all BS and nonsense and cruelty.

Call Trump’s News Conferences What They Are: Propaganda https://t.co/MRcBI3MqQl

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 21, 2020

A Covid-19 Tale of Trump's Tweets on Covid-19 from February 15, 2020 to March 1, 2020…when did Trump realize it was going to be a pandemic? Asking for a friend, or really friends — Americans.

[Thread]

— Tracy Green (@tracygreen) March 21, 2020

How did the United States end up in this position with a desperate shortage of coronavirus tests, a shortage of supplies to administer these tests and even a shortage of protective equipment for medical workers? @DrewGriffinCNN reports pic.twitter.com/YPJPsPwC87

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) March 21, 2020

"The [Defense] Production Act has two parts. The first is a president invokes it," @juliettekayyem, former DHS adviser, told The World. "It has the second part, which is it has to be executed. … That part has not happened." https://t.co/iQbKtkv8E2

— The World (@TheWorld) March 20, 2020

In an extraordinary exchange, President Trump viciously attacked an NBC News reporter who asked what his message would be to Americans who are frightened by the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading across the country https://t.co/MraN9Om0hD

— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2020

The US death toll from coronavirus continues to climb. Victims include a former New York fire marshal who sprang into action on 9/11, a mother to six who was battling breast cancer, and four members of a New Jersey family. Here are some of their stories. https://t.co/fXDo7zXWeB

— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2020

Trump is simply incapable of offering the kind of emotional support the country needs at a time like this, writes @paulwaldman1 https://t.co/o1zuuZkWIZ

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 21, 2020

Here's our full story on Trump's vicious attack on NBC's @PeterAlexander https://t.co/WX8sQXAsW5

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 20, 2020

this quiet exchange between the two health experts … pic.twitter.com/FO4rbzuCs3

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) March 20, 2020

Just watch #Fauci body language in this clip. The uncomfortable smirk then full face palm. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️
He knows Trump is an ignoramus & ill-equipped. God help us. pic.twitter.com/LPSEVlPHp7

— Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) March 20, 2020

“There’s no secret we’re going run out soon,” says Ross Feinman, a nurse in a New York hospital, about shortages in medical supplies. “The average person does not need N95 [masks] to walk around… We need to save these for the health care providers.”https://t.co/mg9U040r4f pic.twitter.com/YGqIU2zBDV

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) March 20, 2020

The epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox says Trump’s early handling of COVID-19 is “is the most irresponsible act of an elected official that I've ever witnessed in my lifetime.” https://t.co/4XBSIumeBL

— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) March 20, 2020

"While the calamity we are experiencing is not Trump’s doing, his dishonesty and incompetence have exacerbated it, and continue to do so," writes @michelleinbklyn https://t.co/tLoRHLmqof

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 20, 2020

Trump announced today that a drug was “approved very, very quickly” by the FDA to treat the coronavirus.

The FDA issued a statement later today saying that it has not approved any drugs to treat the coronavirus. https://t.co/D1w7iGAdEn

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 20, 2020

Trump was asked why the government wasn't prepared to do coronavirus testing. He said they were prepared and attacked "the media."

This isn't so much a fact check as a noting of nonsense: https://t.co/FTwmu85eZT

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 20, 2020

"The 500 million N95 air-filtering respirator masks President Donald Trump said the federal government ordered could take up to 18 months to be delivered, according to the grant application." https://t.co/u8VoenGmOf @shiramstein

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) March 19, 2020

Trump won't use Defense Production Act yet because he says getting supplies is up to states @Boris_Sanchez reports https://t.co/Z9BtDPZbgc pic.twitter.com/ucsv9W963D

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 19, 2020

As virus spreads in U.S., White House sends confusing and misleading messages @jaketapper reports https://t.co/R1ximWnQym pic.twitter.com/RLZqYXrpRj

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 19, 2020

EXCLUSIVE to @NBCNews:

👉Hospitals sound alarm on funding for supplies to treat patients, protect workers

This needs to happen and SOON, according to the nation's hospitals: THREAD

1. Direct funding: $100 billion (there is no direct funding yet).https://t.co/QHitXH2nw9

— Heidi Przybyla 🌺 (@HeidiReports) March 19, 2020

“The president’s remarks ran afoul of nearly every established FDA norm — prizing data and evidence over rhetoric, for instance, and avoiding promises, let alone those that can’t be kept.” https://t.co/XDIBVTz3Td

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 19, 2020

Nurse Lisa Merck tells @AriMelber that after telling the CDC her symptoms, including a fever, she was told she "didn't meet the criteria for any type of testing" for COVID-19.https://t.co/PvU9WS98yh

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 19, 2020

Analysis: Under fire for his handling of the deadly virus outbreak, Trump targets the media https://t.co/hectIYll7n

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 19, 2020

Soon after he offered public assurances that the government was ready to battle the coronavirus, the powerful chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr, sold off a significant percentage of his stocks. https://t.co/Kuk8NWTYeb

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 19, 2020

In a report filed today, Sen. Ron Johnson R-WI with a very large stock sale earlier this month. pic.twitter.com/c9QbjYOcPa

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 20, 2020

Please watch what Dr. Megan Ranney told @JohnKingCNN. "We need masks TODAY. We are pleading on social media, #GetMePPE, to keep me and my patients safe…" pic.twitter.com/E9HelU1k1H

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 19, 2020

Don’t read this because you’re scared of what’s coming. Read this to understand that what happens in the next two weeks could look very different than the two weeks after that. Our lack of testing has left us blind. But social distancing could still work https://t.co/H5WXB55JXF

— Anita Chabria (@anitachabria) March 18, 2020

CNN's @drsanjaygupta, who's known for his steady hand, was visibly frustrated on the air last night. "I think we're woefully underprepared," he said. I transcribed what he said 👇🏼 https://t.co/DxCWpVwqXR

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 18, 2020

HHS Secretary Alex Azar says it's not the responsibility of the federal government to ensure localities and states have enough swabs and face masks pic.twitter.com/nP7aO6QGUV

— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) March 19, 2020

This is really shocking. We live in a nation of such wealth. And we have effectively run out of such a basic protective device at a moment of such need. CDC is offering advice on how medical staff can survive during a contagious disease outbreak without proper facemasks. Wow. pic.twitter.com/47of6BZQ9r

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) March 19, 2020

Our hospital floor is full and we need open beds for the imminent COVID surge.

But multiple patients of mine can’t leave the hospital because they’re awaiting prior auths from commercial insurers.

Insurance companies are clogging up the system in the middle of a damn pandemic.

— Augie Lindmark (@AugieLindmark) March 18, 2020

President Trump announces he will be invoking the Defense Production Act in order to expand the production of masks and protective gear to prevent spread of the coronavirus. https://t.co/Agbya6KIt5

— CNN (@CNN) March 18, 2020

Trump is reportedly furious at Jared Kushner for the White House’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.

According to one former West Wing official: “I have never heard so many people inside the White House openly discuss how pissed Trump is at Jared.” https://t.co/SzWs2Eac8c

— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) March 18, 2020

Coronavirus live updates: US hospital association warns of ventilator shortage. https://t.co/laxZo3S71K

— ABC News (@ABC) March 18, 2020

Aggressive testing helps Italian town cut new coronavirus cases to zero https://t.co/YSSmQkzogR via @IrishTimesWorld

— Dirk Brockmann (@DirkBrockmann) March 18, 2020

Breaking: spring breakers refuse to leave the beach. I interviewed some to see why exactly they won’t listen and are putting the rest of us in jeopardy. pic.twitter.com/kWtNYfzLct

— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) March 17, 2020

New and Not Good;
Fed personnel chief quits abruptly, reportedly upset at being micromanaged by White House and unable to communicate clear, timely alerts to agency managers on how they should respond to the growing coronavirus health threat @reinlwapohttps://t.co/Gvk5d2jG4W

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 18, 2020

Wow: as coronavirus kills more Americans, Republicans have become less likely to agree it is a real threat. In February, 72% of Republicans said it was a real threat. Now just 40% agree. From an @NPR / @NewsHour / @maristpoll:https://t.co/C1Bd92aKPz

— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) March 17, 2020

New NPR/PBS/Marist poll re: virus: "Just 37% of Americans now say they had a good amount or a great deal of trust in what they're hearing from the president, while 60% say they had not very much or no trust at all in what he's saying." https://t.co/rlWaN6wTF5

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 17, 2020

"President Trump for weeks dismissed the danger of the novel coronavirus. He distracted himself by stoking unrelated feuds and nursing grievances. He shared little concrete information about the spreading pandemic, and much of what he did share was false." https://t.co/0x54iqU5rn

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) March 17, 2020

ummmmmmm https://t.co/pIQYhVml5y pic.twitter.com/aEVLZAE7BP

— Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) March 18, 2020

Trump told governors this morning they are on their own:
“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call, a recording of which was shared with The New York Times. https://t.co/K0sont7MBc

— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) March 16, 2020

28,000 people tested. Total. https://t.co/h5bRhtqrT9

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 16, 2020

Trump faced a series of choices: Take aggressive measures to slow the spread of the virus? Ramp up efforts to produce test kits. Urge Americans to take precautions? Above all, use the presidency to reduce the number of sick people?

He did none of it.https://t.co/E7ZDLvqMmv

— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) March 16, 2020

Number of COVID-19 cases likely much higher than tests revealhttps://t.co/9kwMjhRXCJ pic.twitter.com/5DuD5zII5x

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 15, 2020

FOX’S CHRIS WALLACE: “The President is blaming Obama for the testing issues. Is that true?”

DR. FAUCI: “To be honest, I’m not sure what they’re talking about.” pic.twitter.com/l5AQgTg5cI

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) March 15, 2020

A travel ban designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus may have accelerated it.

No one who is familiar with Jared Kushner’s track record will be remotely surprised. https://t.co/ujSJsRStwa

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) March 16, 2020

Yet another bungle. Travel ban imposed with no preparation to screen potential vectors as they return from hotspots in Europe. So everyone is at risk: the travelers, the airport workers, and the general public in coming weeks.

https://t.co/xLhbGlF0bU

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) March 15, 2020

DHS is aware of the long lines for passengers who are undergoing increased medical screening requirements. Right now we are working to add additional screening capacity and working with the airlines to expedite the process. 1(/2)

— Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS_Wolf) March 15, 2020

BREAKING: Massive lines at US airports like Chicago O'Hare have developed Saturday night as American travelers attempt to return home from Europe after travel ban.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker: "The federal government needs to get its s@#t together. NOW." https://t.co/Mi0bNX0H4c

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 15, 2020

Orlando International Airport TSA worker tests positive for coronavirus, reports says. OIA is the busiest airport in Florida with an average of about 138,000 passengers a day moving through the facility. https://t.co/78HoSmXOM3 pic.twitter.com/MosxHFBezb

— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) March 15, 2020

Literally thousands of people waiting to go thought customs at O'Hare in the name of "enhanced screening" exposing thousands of poeple to each other in close quarters. #coronavirus #ohare #customs pic.twitter.com/dxQdj87umO

— Bud Merino (@NotARINO_40) March 15, 2020

Buzzfeed: This Elderly Couple Got Evacuated From The Grand Princess — And Still Can’t Get Tested For The Coronavirus https://t.co/xRz8vOmOrA

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 14, 2020

If you were wondering who's about to profit off of coronavirus testing in the US, take a look at Oscar, the tech-driven health insurance company, which just launched its first testing center locator.

The company was founded by Jared Kushner's brother.https://t.co/Zk55ebC3or

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 15, 2020

New: We made a chronological list of 28 separate false, misleading or dubious claims Trump and his senior officials have made about the coronavirus. It's staggering to see them all in one place. https://t.co/CF7wgiAyHr

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020

My Q: You said you don’t take responsibility for slow response to coronavirus but your administration disbanded the White House office on pandemics?

President Trump: “That’s a nasty question…When you say me, I didn't do it. We have a group of people [in the administration].”

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 13, 2020

WATCH: @Yamiche presses President Trump on the decision to downsize the White House national security staff, eliminating jobs addressing global pandemics.

The president calls it "a nasty question" and asserts that "I didn't do it." pic.twitter.com/ENFgvLGlfd

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 13, 2020

When the next pandemic occurs (and make no mistake, it will) and the federal government is unable to respond in a coordinated and effective fashion to protect the lives of US citizens and others, this decision by John Bolton and Donald Trump will be why. https://t.co/iMSzopSRaI

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) May 10, 2018

Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly. His team at NSC has been disbanded. “These moves make us materially less safe,” one expert says. @bylenasun https://t.co/rAqyoUMvIc

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) May 10, 2018

Trump just Tweeted that Democrats will cut social security but he won’t make cuts. So it’s time for this video.
pic.twitter.com/zR29j5q0n7

— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) March 16, 2020

Not true, @realDonaldTrump. I wrote to you more than 600 days ago demanding answers after you fired the entire White House pandemic team. https://t.co/ICbHOkyeyY pic.twitter.com/71OF9gKA3N

— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) March 13, 2020

"Our job was to get ahead of exactly the kind of threat that we're facing now with the coronavirus."

Elizabeth Cameron, fmr. Senior Dir. for Global Health Security on the NSC in the Obama admin, before the Trump. admin eliminated the position.https://t.co/7V4A7Tm9hT

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 14, 2020

OMG. Google's not making a nationwide coronavirus testing website. And the company had no idea the president would say it was. https://t.co/pkybAdYFGw

— nxthompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2020

A hospital in Seattle area has sent out a note to staff, shared with me, suspending elective surgery and warning that "our local COVID-19 trajectory is likely to be similar to that of Northern Italy." The hospital is down to a four-day supply of gloves.

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 14, 2020

Anthony Fauci fights outbreaks with the sledgehammer of truth – The Washington Post https://t.co/6kGw7rxryG

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 13, 2020

“Frankly, the testing is going very smooth,” Trump said moments ago. But Republicans and Democrats were furious at what they heard at today’s House and Senate briefings – how just 11,000 have been administered and the country is nowhere near the pace of others like South Korea

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 12, 2020

Quite a moment on MSNBC. Dr. Natalie Azar (@DrNatalieTV) says "I just tried to get a patient tested an hour ago, and I couldn't." pic.twitter.com/xxExTJXVI3

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 12, 2020

Sick people across the country say they have been denied coronavirus test, despite doctor's advice and Trump’s assurance that “anybody” can get a test https://t.co/S6NhZqGYsq

— emma brown (@emmersbrown) March 12, 2020

19 times Trump downplayed the coronavirushttps://t.co/fswjvFlRoS pic.twitter.com/ucwyEvoVCg

— The Fix (@thefix) March 12, 2020

So here's my personal #coronavirus story….

My spouse and I got back from our honeymoon in Paris yesterday. This morning, my spouse woke up with a mild fever. We decided to call his doctor and the city health department to notify them since we had been overseas.

— Julie O'Donoghue (@JSODonoghue) March 11, 2020

The state of Georgia, with a population of over 10 million, just announced that its capacity to test for #coronavirus has grown to 50 a day, which could grow to 100 a day by sometime next week.

Just amazing.

— Jay Bookman (@jaysbookman) March 12, 2020

Asked today about people having problems getting coronavirus tests, Trump said, “Frankly, the testing has been going very smooth."

Egregious dishonesty: https://t.co/saSXEYBbwb

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 13, 2020

I did the math: a full battery of coronavirus testing costs at minimum $1,331.

I also did the legal research: the Administration has the authority to make testing free for every American TODAY.

I secured a commitment from a high-level Trump official that they’d actually do it. pic.twitter.com/RmolCtmNbG

— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) March 12, 2020

Why have so few Americans been tested? Because the federal government has failed to fix a fixable problem. https://t.co/LCBqkekRaT

— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) March 12, 2020

People are NOT being tested upon their return to the US. Some are being SCREENED at airports – observed quickly for any obvious symptoms, having temperatures checked, filling out forms – not having a coronavirus test. https://t.co/oT5v7XzJoJ

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 12, 2020

Thursday: "The Day Sports Shut Down"https://t.co/3uxRbAaLPM

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 13, 2020

From killer WaPo reporting team of @PhilipRucker @AshleyRParker and @jdawsey1 “The speech was largely written by Kushner and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who were still making tweaks to the text until moments before Trump delivered it.” https://t.co/P6TiGr5arE

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) March 13, 2020

Government officials had some cleaning up to do after Trump's Oval Office address last night. Here are the facts & plans he got wrong:

For more: https://t.co/e02apAjnQl pic.twitter.com/WEpM0jwATi

— The Recount (@therecount) March 12, 2020

NYT reports that, as a lot of us suspected, Trump accidentally announced he was banning European goods by reading a line that said “does not apply” to as “does not only apply.” (As usual, he ad-libbed some additional words to cover up rather than correct.) https://t.co/o2NZoIisbU pic.twitter.com/QLnmsrwPNm

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 13, 2020

“The speech was being rewritten up until the time it was fed into the teleprompter, aides said. And there were multiple mistakes.” @MichaelCBender w the WSJ tick tock inside Trump’s prime time address. https://t.co/rYqPg0Wele

— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 13, 2020

Who could have guessed that accidentally launching (and then retracting) a new trade war with Europe, gaffing about what health insurers will actually cover, and insisting on an unhelpful policy response that both parties have rejected would land us here https://t.co/JdQspRLwhF

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 12, 2020

Only hours ago, Trump read these words from a teleprompter:

"We must put politics aside, stop the partisanship, and unify together as one nation and one family."

And now this, already. https://t.co/zLYIi2gD0w

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) March 12, 2020

President Trump's call for a suspension of partisanship lasted just 9 hours https://t.co/Lxp9IBK6mK

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 12, 2020

Top Fox personalities accused news outlets THIS WEEK of having over-torqued virus coverage in attempt to harm Trump politically. Hannity decried the "hysteria."

Today, Fox execs told employees to work from home, referring to the pandemic as a "crisis." https://t.co/wBPV3TY5XN

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 12, 2020

Who could have predicted Trump would be such a bad crisis manager? Everyone, actually, writes @MaxBoot https://t.co/s6nthWS9qv

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 12, 2020

Tom Hanks had a cold, or so he thought. In the U.S., those symptoms may not be enough to get tested for the coronavirus. But in Australia, testing is free and widely available, thanks to early and coordinated planning for a pandemic. https://t.co/YxOpjEOYhj

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 12, 2020

Trump’s response to the coronavirus has been worse than even his harshest critics could have imagined, @PaulKrugman says https://t.co/CQHVChV93N

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 12, 2020