'Yes, it is the president's fault': New York Times reporter rips into the Trump administration's response to the pandemic and says he thinks CDC head should resign

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• New York Times science and health reporter Donald McNeil Jr. slammed President Donald Trump and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield for the US' impetuous coronavirus response.
• Speaking to CNN's Christiane Amanpour this week, McNeil said that the US "completely blew it for the first two months of our response" and said the country was initially reacting to the virus outbreak like a "headless chicken."
• McNeil also said that the CDC was run by "incompetent leadership" and said that US agencies faced "suppression from the top," which stunted their coronavirus response.
• "Yes, it is the president's fault. It is not China's fault," McNeil said. 
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New York Times science and health reporter Donald McNeil Jr. spoke to CNN's Christiane Amanpour earlier this week about the US' coronavirus response, blaming the country's high number of cases on President Donald Trump and calling on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield to resign.

As of Tuesday evening, the country has reported over 1.3 million infections and more than 83,000 deaths — more than any other country in the world. 

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