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In his daily press conference just now, trump said he doesn’t think anyone has done as much in 3 1/2 years as he has done. True, if you insert the word “damage” just following the word “much.”

Although the members of the press corps were seated today with a noticeable, if not six-foot distance between them, trump and the officials standing beside him were clustered just as close to one another as they were yesterday. So much for modeling social distancing, mr. president.

Why this man refuses to treat the epidemic with the seriousness it warrants is deeply troubling and profoundly irresponsible.

His attacks on the press, calling the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post dishonest in their reportage will only serve to encourage his supporters, as well as those on the fence about whom they should believe, to dismiss life-saving advice from authentic sources that, were they to follow it, would save lives and help blunt the rapid rise in reported cases.

If the president’s actions weren’t considered beyond the reach of law enforcement, thanks to the attorney general, the damage being wrought by his woefully inadequate leadership in response to the epidemic and his campaign of minimization, misinformation and denial would warrant investigation by the justice department for possible charges of negligent homicide.

Tim Konrad