Analysis: President Trump touted corporate America's role in producing medical equipment. It wasn't until they were done, that the victims of the disease, and the people fighting it on the front lines, became a focus of Monday's daily White House briefing.
In highlighting the companies, Trump was emphasizing his administration's efforts to bring resources to bear in what he has termed a"war" against the pandemic while giving far less attention to a human toll that top administration scientists have said will likely amount to 100,000 to 200,000 deaths in a best-case scenario.
Once the executives were done talking, Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, turned to the painful impact on the American public. She also thanked the"foot soldiers in this war" — the medical personnel who are treating victims — saying,"Your country is grateful."
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