Alison O’Connor: Hamstrung health system has battled admirably against Covid

‘Washington Post’ catalogued, over the months, the errors, the denial, and the dysfunction and spoke of ‘31 times Trump downplayed the coronavirus’.

US president Donald Trump, rather than protect his citizens, has been leading them towards a cliff edge and then over it, writes Alison O’Connor.

The public health experts say the only way to truly know how you’ve performed in a health crisis, such as our current one, is after it is all over.