Episode 1277 • • 20:56 - 26:58
1277: Insurrectious
CNN Coverage, Watergate Equivalency and Aerosolized Virus Knowledge
CNN and other news outlets are drawing parallels between the Woodward tapes and the Watergate scandal, using the "what did the president know" framework. Audio from February 7 shows Trump discussing the aerosolized nature of the virus and its lethality compared to the flu. While presented as a scandal, some observers note that high R-naught values and mortality estimates were already public knowledge via scientific reports at that time.