Severity 5 — Catastrophic🏥 healthcare2020

Covid-19 Response — Over 100,000 Avoidable American Deaths

Trump publicly minimised the coronavirus threat through the critical early weeks of the pandemic, promoted unproven treatments including hydroxychloroquine and, at one point, the injection of disinfectant, and mocked mask-wearing while holding mass gatherings. US Covid-19 mortality ran roughly 40% higher than the G7 average; a Lancet Commission analysis estimated around 40% of American Covid deaths — well over 100,000 people — were avoidable.

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Donald Trump — Republican Party

In power 2017–2021

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists — The Human Cost of the Trump Pandemic Response

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