Let the truth be told: most world leaders have not taken the coronavirus pandemic seriously, and because of this anti-science stance, many countries that are dominated by these leaders are suffering today from escalating deaths.
The US World Health Organization had already declared a pandemic on the morning of March 11, but its current president Donald Trump did not give credibility or pay attention to this.
Only when the NBA, which is the American basketball league, announced the suspension of the season did the alarm sound that the coming months would not follow the normality that Donald Trump was trying to create.
Trump will suffer a strong impact from the coronavirus on his re-election campaign and, in the last hundred days, since Covid-19 officially arrived in the US, he has seen his behavior in handling the crisis become a central element in the race for the White House.
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So far, the US elections scheduled for November 3 will be a referendum on Trump's stance on the pandemic that, as of Wednesday afternoon (29), has infected more than 1 million people and killed at least 60,000 in the US.
The terrible disaster in public health has been accompanied by numbers that really worry the Republican: according to information from The New York Times, 26 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance since March, and the country's economy fell 4.8% in the first quarter, the biggest drop since the Great Recession.
The great strategy adopted by Trump to get through this period has been to navigate between his speech to his voters and the necessary government measures. In the meantime, his approval ratings have been linked to the way he has handled the crisis, which has been the target of much criticism.
We all know that in the months of January and February, the president completely ignored warnings from American intelligence, thus downplaying the pandemic.
In March, convinced by his technical team, he gave seriousness to the situation in the country and established social distancing rules that were extended until this Thursday (30).
Trump's Future
The most recent research shows that his science-denying rhetoric, promoting miraculous solutions without any scientific basis, has deeply damaged his image in the US. Everything indicates that he will not be reelected.
Source: O Globo Newspaper