We Don’t Have a President, or a Plan

Ezra Klein: “More than 60 days after President Trump declared a national emergency over the novel coronavirus, there is still no clear national plan for what comes next…”

“I am more sympathetic than some to the protesters, and others, who want to see states reopen, who believe the cost of lockdown overwhelms the apparent benefits. The economic agony is real, and they have been given no way to imagine its end, no clear understanding of the purpose behind their sacrifice. But the awful choice they feel we face — between endless lockdown or reckless reopening — needs to be understood for what it is: the failure of our political leaders to create a safer, middle path.”