Joe Biden, for example, was quick to attack the president’s travel ban, incidentally touted by experts for slowing the entry of Coronavirus into the country, as hysteric and xenophobic, only to find himself 2 months later supportive of the ban. At the same time, the very media that are currently inculpating Trump of insouciance and inaction, also downplayed the threat of the virus.

Headlines like “Is the new virus more ‘deadly’ than flu? Not exactly” from the Associated Press, “Flu a bigger threat in U.S. than coronavirus, Mayo expert says” from Chicago Tribune and “Worried About Catching The New Coronavirus? In The U.S., Flu Is A Bigger Threat” from NPR epitomize that well.

Articles like “We Should Deescalate the War on the Coronavirus” by Wired, “Want to Protect Yourself From Coronavirus? Do the Same Things You Do Every Winter” by Time and “Why we panic about coronavirus, but not the flu” by Axios also manifested the media’s nonchalance about Coronavirus at the same time as the Trump administration’s efforts in tackling COVID-19 were already underway.