'Taunting the virus might seem like a wrongheaded, foolish plan. And it is. But it's not without logic. It's an effort aimed at achieving one goal, and one goal only: helping Trump win re-election,' writes FridaGhitis for CNNOpinion
Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to the Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Follow her on Twitter @fridaghitis. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Read more opinion on CNN.
If you were hoping for the coronavirus threat to come down significantly in the United States any time soon, you should lower your expectations. The prospect of a meaningful nationwide drop in the number of new infections looks like a distant dream right now. To a large extent, that is the fault of the President of the United States.
Other countries whose governments addressed the crisis forthrightly have managed to wrestle down the curve, and now they are carefully, safely reopening.After months of restrictions, people in Europe and other countries where the virus hit during the spring are starting a measured return to something resembling normalcy. Europeans are starting to open their borders to other countries -- but America is one of the countries not on that list.
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