Krugman writes: "Thinking about the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in America, I found myself remembering Sam Smith's history of the march to war in Iraq, told entirely in official lies."
Nurses wearing protective gear wait for patients at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Seattle on March 17, 2020. (photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters)
World War C
02 July 20
The Covid-19 story, told in lies.
hinking about the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in America, I found myself remembering Sam Smith’s history of the march to war in Iraq, told entirely in official lies. So here’s a modest attempt to do the same for the coronavirus, with statements from officials and right-wing media. I’ve grouped the statements by topic, and used chronological order within each topic.
The course of the pandemic
We think we have it very well under control. We have contained this. I won’t say airtight, but pretty close to airtight. We have done a good job in the United States.
It’s going to disappear. One day, like a miracle, it’s going to disappear. At worst — worst case scenario — it could be the flu.
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