In Situation Room meeting in March, Trump asked why the US shouldn't have the disease "wash over" the country, creating "herd immunity." Dr. Fauci pushed back. Inside the various task forces that make up the admin response, w/ @AshleyRParker & @yabutaleb7: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-task-forces-coronavirus-pandemic/2020/04/11/5cc5a30c-7a77-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html

Initially spooked by the president's messaging on hydroxychloroquine and looking for long-term ideas of their own, the doctors on the White House task force now meet every day separately. There is also an economic task force & Jared Kushner's force: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-task-forces-coronavirus-pandemic/2020/04/11/5cc5a30c-7a77-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.htmla