What was notable about the Trump speech was.... what wasn't in it
Anything about hospital preparation and large scale community mitigation, in front of an expected tidal wave of new patients
Accurate updates about testing and the state of test kit production
Clarity about how cornovirus treatments would be covered. Health insurers, which met with Trump just days ago, scrambled to rebut Trump’s claims that plans would cover coronavirus treatments at no cost, clarifying that they only committed eliminate out-of-pocket costs for testing. Insurers will cover coronavirus care, but have not yet committed to waiving costs for treatment.
Clarity about the new travel bans. Hours later, the administration had to walk back Trump’s assertion that his new travel bans would also affect cargo coming from 26 European countries — a move that would of screwed up the pharmaceutical supply chain and made testing even more difficult. At least two test kit companies are based in European countries.
Too much confusion, period. Travel bans are one thing, but the needed information for people at the national, local and community level has to be open, accurate and clear. So far, no dice.