It merely delayed the inevitable. In fact, the virus was probably already here.
Something that we agree on. Yet somehow you still blame Trump and say things like, "if we had taken it seriously..."
I also believe that the virus was already here. I believe the die was cast at that point given the size and nature of our population. I think this virus is much more manageable in a totalitarian, communist society where the people don't expect individual freedoms or privacy. I also believe that the cases are under reported and under detected in those countries.