Confronting Covid | City Journal

Confronting Covid | City Journal

• The American response has been far better than critics acknowledge.

"Attacks on President Trump’s performance on Covid-19 have been common among media commentators and are central to his opponent’s presidential campaign. 

Polls suggest this continual faultfinding has influenced many voters’ perceptions of how the president has managed the epidemic. 

These criticisms, however, are unjustified and unwarranted.

Trump’s unconventional style and inherent inability to avoid the spotlight, coupled with the Food and Drug Administration’s initial overregulation and the Centers for Disease Control’s early underperformance, have made him a ready target. 

But Trump’s application of targeted regulatory relief and financial incentives stimulated an unprecedented private-sector response to the pandemic, more than compensating for these preliminary mishaps. 

A closer look at the administration’s record reveals a much more successful response to Covid than critics are willing to acknowledge...Read all.