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On the same day the administration was bragging about “great” progress, the CDC’s own August 31 materials still showed a national public-health emergency that had not been wished away by a press conference. The Trump team kept selling optimism and bragging about testing and market performance, but the country’s COVID reality remained far uglier than the messaging.
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On the same day the administration was bragging about “great” progress, the CDC’s own August 31 materials still showed a national public-health emergency that had not been wished away by a press conference. The Trump team kept selling optimism and bragging about testing and market performance, but the country’s COVID reality remained far uglier than the messaging.
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