So HE didn't hear any "bad news"? Just ask HIM.
The Navy didn't want the public to know about 100 sailors on an aircraft carrier that 100 sailors had Covid 19 ...NOW 300 sailors have Covid 19.
If you don't see something ...it isn't there?
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources
As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting.
Concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic were detailed in a November intelligence report by the military's National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), according to two officials familiar with the document’s contents.
Heard about Covid in Nov and immediately sprung into action in LATE Jan?

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