A New Whistleblower

Late yesterday, both the New York Times and the Washington Post concurrently broke the highly disturbing story (link here and here) that government health workers treating those in the American coronavirus quarantines lacked proper training and protective gear "then scattered into the general population." Those workers never received later testing for the virus itself, either.

Per one of the reports, "the whistleblower is seeking federal protection because she alleges she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers" to Health and Human Services senior officials, including Donald Trump's HHS Secretary.

One of the quarantine facilities is housed at Travis Air Force Base in California. Per one article "the first American case of coronavirus in a patient with no known contact with hot zones or other coronavirus patients emerged near Travis Air Force Base this week."

This situation is reflective of the haphazard, careless, and disorganized response by Trump and his senior leadership to the growing health crisis. As one of the linked articles notes, "the whistleblower’s account raised questions about whether the Trump administration has taken adequate precautions in its handling of the virus to date, and whether [the President's] minimization of the risks has been mirrored by other top officials when confronted with potentially disturbing developments."

The coronavirus is highly contagious. In China, one coronavirus sufferer alone is known to have infected thousands of other people. If widespread infections occur in this country, it may well be because they were first caused by the Trump administration's extreme incompetence in responding to this crisis.