I remember Trump attacking China, and getting blowback. I remember Trump shutting down the border and travel from other countries and getting blowback. I remember Trump wanting to unshackle the bio-pharma industry and federal health agencies and getting blowback...
You're right that nothing can be done about naturally occurring events, which is why the strategy of the shutdown and hide until after the election was always curious to me.
The shutdown agenda would never have come about under any other President, everybody knows it. Not just any other lib President but any other Swamp Rhino Globalist President too. Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, etc...
How exactly does one attack a new virus? Aids is still wreaking havoc throughout the world and all the science, medicine, pharma, etc industries of the developed world have had 40 years to figure it out.
What exactly was Trump going to do in 6 weeks, 6 months to this virus?
Well, social distance and masks help flatten the curve and overflooding the hospitals.
The hospitals and health care system have been overflooded for decades, if the ultimate goal is to help that issue out, we would be focusing on Heart disease, diabetes, obesity because I reckon those 3 things and the numerous issues that spawn from them are why hospitals and the health care system are overworked and have little room left for epidemic and pandemic events.
The fact the health care system couldn't handle a pandemic event was a long time coming due to many other health issues that have stacked up over 50-60 years...that isn't on Trump or folks who don't want to wear a mask...