WHOA. In an unprecedented move, the editors of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine condemn the Trump administration for its FAILED response to the #coronavirus pandemic.

And they call for @realDonaldTrump to be VOTED OUT.

@NEJM #COVID19 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812?query=featured_home

“The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. The US leads the world in #COVID19 cases and in deaths. The death rate in this country is more than double that of #Canada, exceeds that of #Japan, a country with a vulnerable and elderly population, by a factor of almost 50.”

We have FAILED at almost every step. We had ample warning, but when the disease 1st arrived, we were incapable of testing effectively & couldn’t provide even the most basic #PPE to health care workers and the general public. And we continue to be way behind the curve in testing.

The US came into this crisis with enormous advantages. We have a biomedical research system that is the envy of the world. We have enormous expertise in public health, health policy, and basic biology and have consistently been able to turn that expertise into new therapies....

(We) have consistently been able to turn that expertise into new therapies and preventive measures. And much of that national expertise resides in government institutions. **Yet our leaders have largely chosen to ignore and even denigrate experts**.

#TrumpVirus #VoteHimOut

Let’s be clear about the cost...An outbreak that has disproportionately affected communities of color has exacerbated the tensions associated with #inequality. Many of our children are missing school at critical times in their social and intellectual development.

All AVOIDABLE

While most of the world has opened up to some extent, the US still suffers from disease rates that have prevented many businesses from reopening, with a resultant loss of hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of jobs. And more than 200,000 Americans have DIED.

AVOIDABLE

Anyone else who recklessly squandered lives and money in this way would be suffering legal consequences. Our leaders have largely claimed immunity for their actions.

But this election gives us the power to render judgment.

#VoteHimOut #Vote

Reasonable people will disagree about many political positions. But truth is neither liberal nor conservative. When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously INCOMPETENT.

I have NEVER seen the @NEJM (hardly a “liberal rag”) take such a strong position against *any* administration.

Then again, I NEVER thought we’d see an administration try to spin 200,000-plus American deaths as “victory.”

VOTE HIM OUT.

#coronavirus #COVID19 #VoteHimOut #VOTE