This article is less about science and more about politics. Why don’t you just stick to the numbers and the AEI report you cited? Why pretend you know what’s in the heads of Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx and President Trump? You’ve undermined your credibility with your petty and unfounded political attacks.

The mistakes of our leaders have never been costlier.

Really? You mentioned the 1918 pandemic several times. You don’t think that President Wilson, by making it illegal for newspapers to write about the spreading virus, resulting in millions infected and 675,000 dead, most of whom didn’t even know what the hell was going on, was worse?

You’re a partisan hack. Worse, you’re a partisan hack trying to benefit from a terrible moment in American history.