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    Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 25 Feb 2020

    I'm not saying that I'm sanguine about Trump's ability to handle a bad COVID-19 outbreak, but it seems foolish to chide him for saying everything's great and totally under control. Do you imagine Obama would be shouting "MORTAL PERIL!!!! RED ALERT! EVERYONE PANIC!"?

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      1. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 25 Feb 2020

        Because no, he'd be saying "I've got this, don't worry." Which is, phrasing aside, pretty much exactly what Trump is saying, no?

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      2. Southpaw (Weekending to Wisconsin/Notre Dame)‏ @RevSouthpaw 25 Feb 2020
        Replying to @asymmetricinfo

        I know when someone tells me something I absolutely only evaluate their words at face value and no other context surrounding the person or events in question!

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      3. Turgid Jacobian‏ @TurgidJacobian 25 Feb 2020
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        Hehe, so you're an elected Republican or right-leaning columnist, @RevSouthpaw?!

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      2. Chris Hammond‏ @chammond510 25 Feb 2020
        Replying to @asymmetricinfo

        What does Obama's hypothetical response have anything to do with what is the right course of action for the president to take right now?

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      3. CatrionaMDW‏ @CatrionaMDW 25 Feb 2020
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        The point is that any POTUS likely would be saying ”we are on it” right now. So far we haven’t had the outbreaks that countries such as Italy, Iran, Korea, or Japan have had. The CDC is saying they are acting under the assumption that one is coming, but they aren’t alarmist.

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      1. Nick Rafter‏ @NRafter 25 Feb 2020
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        He would be echoing what the CDC is saying, which is "we may very well have outbreaks but we can handle them"

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      2. NICKinNOVA‏ @NICKinNOVA 25 Feb 2020
        Replying to @asymmetricinfo

        I do remember the media and republican hysterics in 2014 when he actually did have Ebola under control.

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      3. Alex -‏ @Alex_AniPac 25 Feb 2020
        Replying to @NICKinNOVA @asymmetricinfo

        Well except that Ebola had a 90% fatality rate and this one is more like 3%. Ebola is apocalyptically scary. World ending bad. This one?? If you are elderly is not good. Otherwise, chances are you'll live.

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      1. Stillwater‏ @StillwaterCol 25 Feb 2020
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        Hmmm. If only there were space between false denials and hysteria. But there isn't!

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      2. tommyrulznyc‏ @tommyrulznyc 25 Feb 2020
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        Be nice if nation was told what exactly our government will do when a hotspot occurs. BEFORE it happens. 🤔

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      3. Cooper's mom‏ @rwgranny 25 Feb 2020
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        Anybody who sits waiting for instructions from government is going to be left in the dust. Do your own damn research. I’ve been ready for this for weeks.

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