Writer Bob Woodward’s latest book “Rage” reveals what President Donald Trump knew about the COVID-19 virus early on. The timing of the book was also politically motivated.
During the early days of the pandemic, my wife received skilled nursing therapy at a local senior care facility, where I visited her every day, until that same facility closed down to all visitors in mid-March.
After that time, I was not allowed to see her in person until she was released several months later. Because of prior death tolls at nursing homes, her facility and many others remain closed to visitors, until further notice.
In spite of what pundits say about Trump’s downplaying the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks were clear and some chose to head the warnings, while others hid behind what leadership was telling them and went on with life as usual.
Woodward chose not to reveal the contents of his book until the time was right politically.
Woodward’s earlier revelations would have saved lives, just as Trump’s would have, but Woodward withheld his damaging evidence to have greater impact, just before the presidential election in November.
Call it a September surprise.
I am no Trump fan, did not vote for him before and won’t this time.
But the bias of the news media and the Fifth Estate do a disservice by allowing politics to “trump” better intentions.
Kent Schobe, Tulsa
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