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Meanwhile, as captured in that STAT article from Feb 25:

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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the government is committed to “radical transparency” in keeping the public informed about its response and preparedness planning. [...]

“Transparency is being candid with people about what the continuum of potential steps are, so they can … start thinking about, in their own lives, what that might involve. Might. Might involve,” Azar said.

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So it seems pretty clear that various members of the Trump administration were knowingly, at his behest, "down playing" the incipient pandemic while assuring the American public of their "transparency".

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