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Blame China for COVID-19? Sure, they got it first, shared the genetic sequence and have mostly stopped it. Trump thinks he did a great job but look at the numbers. China has 1.4 billion people, and 82,719 cases and 4,632 deaths as of April 17. Low estimate? Lets add 50%. That’s 124,079 cases and 6,948 deaths.

The U.S., under the dazzling leadership of our president has about 330 million people, and as of April 21, 802,583 cases and 44,575 deaths. So who has done a better job of controlling the virus? China has done more testing and given more information than almost any other country. Trump declared, “we have it under control” and “I take no responsibility.” He dithered and now we have the most deaths in the world!

Nero is fiddling while Rome burns!

Steve Donovan, Austin

Note from KBJ: What's shocking is that you think the two countries are comparable, Steve. China is a totalitarian society; America is the land of liberty. It's also shocking that you believe anything the Chinese say. How can you be so gullible?

Concast (@NBCNews) and Fake News @CNN are going out of their way to say GREAT things about China. They are Chinese puppets who want to do business there. They use USA airwaves to help China. The Enemy of the People!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2020

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

Imagine if after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, FDR had told Hawaii that it was up to them to deal with the deadly military aggression?

Imagine if in 1962, after Russian missiles were found in Cuba, 90 miles from our shores, JFK had told Florida, “It’s your problem.”

Of course each president assumed responsibility, and each took a leadership role in resolving each crisis, as America expected them to.

But in January and February of this year, after denying that the coronavirus pandemic was significant (“We have it totally under control”) and delaying a response to it (“One day . . . like a miracle, it will disappear”), or denouncing it as a “hoax,” by mid-March Trump reversed course and called it a national emergency.

However, since then, Trump has disclaimed any responsibility for the pandemic, and put the onus for dealing with this national crisis on the states.

So while the pandemic has run wild in the United States and killed more than 51,000 Americans to date, Trump has told the governors to get their own ventilators, and ditto for testing kits.

Trump’s abysmal lack of leadership would not have been tolerated in the national crises of 1941 and 1962, so where is the outrage against this irresponsible indifference today?

Rudy Termini

Cambridge

Note from KBJ: Stop lying about President Trump, Rudy. He never called the coronavirus pandemic a "hoax." Are you watching CNN again? Either that or you've gone off your meds. By the way, read up on federalism. You might learn something.

I had a good month abike. I rode 26 of the 30 days, for a total of 660 miles. That's an average of 22 miles per day and 25.38 miles per ride. Through four months of 2020, I've pedaled 2,237.4 miles. I'd like to average 20 miles per day for the year, which would be 7,320 miles. My personal record is 7,500 miles.

We can’t let the Fake News, and their partner, the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, get away with stealing the Election. They tried that in 2016. How did that work out?

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

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