FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn on coronavirus: “I have great hope for how we we are going to come out of this situation. What’s also important is not to provide false hope … and as a doctor that’s the way I come to this.”
He appeared once again at the daily briefing by the White House coronavirus task force and again blamed China."This is something that happened that was -- some people would say it's an act of God. I don't view it as an act of God. I would view it as something that adjusts the pride the whole world. If people would have known about it, it could have been stopped in place. It could have been stopped right where it came from, China," Trump said.
"I want Americans to know we're doing everything we can," Trump said."The American public has been incredible." President Donald Trump takes questions during press briefing with the Coronavirus Task Force, at the White House, March 18, 2020.
On Wednesday Trump also signed -- but said he had not yet invoked -- a rarely used emergency power called the
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