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As Trump played down virus, health experts' alarm grew

by Associated Press
| September 14, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health officials were already warning Americans about the need to prepare for the coronavirus threat in early February when President Donald Trump called it “deadly stuff” in a private conversation that has only now has come to light.

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