in fact, it was not just vice president mike pence but president trump and all these senior appointees in the trump administration repeatedly insisting over and over again that there wasn t too much to worry about because this covid thing was about to end. it was a blip, it would go away by may. why did they say that? even all these months later, even after we have a new president, it remains one of the mysteries to the response to the covid pandemic in this country. not just why it was generally bad and terrible and ineffective, but why it was specifically weird in the way that it was. i mean, you may also remember how obsessed president trump was with this drug hydroxychloroquine. he would get up at covid briefings and say what a miracle hydroxychloroquine was. he would talk about it like it was a cure.
ineffective, but why it was specifically weird in the way that it was. i mean, you may also remember how obsessed president trump was with this drug hydroxychloroquine. he would get up in these briefings and say what a miracle hydroxychloroquine was. he would recommend to take it to treat covid if they got covid, but you should take it preventatively. it was none of the things the president said it was. why did he keep saying that? eventually they had to tell people not to take it to treat or prevent covid, because it doesn t treat or prevent covid. in fact, taking it can be dangerous. last year the speaker of the house said she would inform a specific committee in congress
that even all these months later, even now that we have a new president it remains one of the mysteries about the initial response to the covid pandemic in this country. with that we, is just why was genuinely bad but also why it was specifically weird in the way that it was. you may also remember how obsessed president trump was with the drug hydroxychloroquine. he would get up by covid briefing what a miracle hydroxychloroquine was. he talked about it like it was a cure or like it was the thing that could prevent you from getting covid. he recommended that people not only get it to treat their covid but if they got covid but they should take it preventively. even if you weren t sick, you should take a preventively to ward off getting the virus. and hydroxychloroquine is a real drug for real things, but not for covid. it was none of the things that the president said it was. why did he keep saying that? eventually the fda had to put out an official announcement telling people not to t