Author: Paul Murphy

What did the President know and when did he know it?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trumps-daily-intelligence-briefing-books-repeatedly-warned-of-coronavirus

The gist of the story . . . from early January onward the Presidential Daily Brief repeatedly raised the issue of the pandemic, tracked it progress and warned that China was not completely forthright in its public representations. Great work by our intelligence agencies. Too bad that Trump was too lazy to read them and/or too stupid to act on them.

Death toll in this country far worse than has been reported.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/27/covid-19-death-toll-undercounted/?arc404=true

This should be in front of a paywall. If not, the gist is that beyond the deaths attributed to the coronavirus, a lot more people have been dying than would otherwise be expected. It appears to be a combination of unrecognized virus deaths and deaths from other causes that would have received medical intervention without the load on the hospitals and the fear of seeking help.