US ‘Doomed from the Start.’ Experts Say the Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Response Was Never Going to Work

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing on the Trump administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House on March 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Officials took questions on a range of issues related to the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. Pence was joined by (L-R) Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Debroah Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator in the White House, Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the CDC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)