He predicted in February 2020 that Covid-19 would disappear “like a miracle,” and endorsed quack cures like malaria drugs, bleach injections, and light probes. He disdained basic public health measures like masks and distancing, even after he himself was stricken, inspiring millions of Americans to flout the measures and amplifying the toll of death and financial hardship.3 It was all part of a larger rejection of the norms of reason and science. Trump told around thirty thousand lies during his term, had a press secretary who touted “alternative facts,” claimed that climate change was a
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