Re: April 26 “Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans change.”
The article discusses the latest failures of the Trump administration to implement a coherent and timely national strategy to control the virus and reopen the economy. Only the federal government can manage the national personal protective equipment supply and organize a national testing program.
The continuing failure to take responsibility for testing and promote a comprehensive national social distancing strategy is the reason no state is even close to meeting the administration’s guidelines and recommendations for safely reopening the economy.
The guidelines are on target and people understand that we need widespread testing, effective contact tracing and a 14-day decline in cases to begin reopening. When that is working, we will shop. Unfortunately, that may be months away.
President Trump, late in accepting the problem and reluctant to implement well understood strategies from the start, is the biggest obstacle to making the economy great again.
Tom Ellerman, Austin
Note from KBJ: President Trump has done a magnificent job controlling the virus, Tom. Where are you getting your news? CNN?
