Integrity

The article about coronavirus aggressive action was originally published by the
Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom based in Washington, D.C.

From the Center for Public Integrity, Exclusive: White House privately warns 11 cities must take “aggressive” action against coronavirus

Dr. Deborah Birx, a leader of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, warned state and local leaders in a private phone call Wednesday that 11 major cities are seeing increases in the percentage of tests coming back positive for COVID-19 and should take “aggressive” steps to mitigate their outbreaks.

The cities she identified were Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

The call was yet another private warning about the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreaks given to local officials but not the public at large. It came less than a week after the Center for Public Integrity revealed that the White House compiled a detailed report showing 18 states were in the “red zone” for coronavirus cases but did not release it publicly.

The article also notes "It’s unclear who heard the warnings and was invited to the call". That dampened my outrage. But it is good to see that the Center for Public Integrity has integrity enough to include the bad news in its report.

I wish Trump had that kind of integrity.