The official first case of a U.S. SARS-CoV-2 patient treated with Remdesivir reveals big, federal government, health organizations were ill-prepared for a pandemic.
Those organizations were aware of a virus brewing in China, but underestimated its potential impact on America.
While government scientists in the U.S. were getting organized, labs in China were aggressively competing to mass produce Remdesivir.
Before SARS-CoV-2 metastasized in the U.S., the Wizard of SARS, Dr. Tony Fauci, was publicly downplaying its potential impact on the nation.
The Centers for Disease Control admits incorrect numbersCDC Director Robert R. Redfield (pictured above) has admitted that his agency had over-stated the SARS-CoV-2 mortality rate compared to the 1957-1958 flu pandemic. The agency reported that, "[T]he mortality ratio for the COVID-19 virus is similar to the mortality rate of 1957-1958 flu pandemic." That 50's pandemic caused 1-2 million deaths worldwide, and 77,000-116,000 in the U.S. Nevertheless, it did not lead to a shutdown of the U.S. economy with the loss of millions of jobs.
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