Hey, let's not forget this as late as the end of February:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot...oronavirus
Quote:At the White House news conference alongside members of the administration's coronavirus task force and health officials, the president insisted that the risk to the American people from the virus "remains very low."
He also noted that the "regular flu" kills many more people each year. He took credit for making "very good early decisions" that helped prevent the new coronavirus from becoming more widespread in the United States.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot...oronavirus