Difference in Kind

Some folks are conflating President Trump's optimism with the deliberate lies that Red Chinese leaders promulgated. President Trump has expressed hopes, prayers, and desires for an early end to this plague. He has not dismissed science or tried to minimize the danger. The Communist despots withheld and are continuing to withhold facts and data that would have helped their own people and the rest of the world prepare for what we now face. President Trump should be commended for his effort to steer America through these dangerous straits while the Chinese (mis)leaders who navigated us into this maelstrom must be condemned.