Democrats clearly should've taken coronavirus "more seriously" in January-February but I'm not aware of any prominent Democrat who was dismissing concerns around the virus as a hysterical hoax during that timeframe
The day before Tom Hanks tested positive, when the virus had already ravaged Italy, Iran and Wuhan, AOC put out a video saying it was racist not to go to Chinese restaurants - when in fact it was a bad idea even to leave your house in NYC.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/straight-up-racism-aoc-rips-lack-of-business-at-chinese-restaurants-over-coronavirus-concerns …