Washington Post's report exposes White House's 4 failures since coronavirus crisis

A report by The Washington Post pointed out 4 mistakes the White House made:

- Misplaced trust in CDC for being able to develop a diagnostic test;

- Erroneous assessment of the outbreak and lagging weeks behind the curve;

- Protracted arguments over fundings wasted precious time;

- Infighting, turf wars and abrupt leadership changes hobbled the work of the coronavirus task force.

BEIJING -- The scope of the US coronavirus crisis is staggering.

As of Sunday the country has reported over 735,000 confirmed cases and more than 16,000 deaths, according to the tally of Johns Hopkins University. The New York State alone turned up more cases than any other country except for the United States.

However, the immense scale also came as a shock to many, considering that the United States arguably leads in medical and biological fields and boasts a well-equipped and accomplished public health system. So what went wrong?

Maybe an investigation report recently published by The Washington Post could shed some light. Going back to the starting point, the report delved into the 70 days of "dysfunction and denial" as the United States nosedived into a full-fledged crisis ill-prepared and bewildered.