One thing that really surprised me about Trump and Coumo is that their pandemic briefings were laser focused on only epidemiology. In my military experience, the commander always meets with a staff of technical experts who bring a lot of unseen second and third order effects to light. Then, after weighing input from everyone, it's the commander's job to make a final decision. I'm not sure if Trump and Coumo had those meetings behind closed doors, but iIt's not an epidemiologist's job to weigh the economic consequences or even understand how the financial markets and economy work, so it surprised me the briefings largely didn't include economists, accounting, law enforcement, public works, etc.

I still think the shutdowns combined with the massive stimulus were necessary though, especially considering we still don't really know how bad this virus is. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I think the govt is largely handling this as well as can be expected, and although it seems slow to us because we're agonizing over it in real-time, they're largely sticking to the same predictable plan. I think people are being just as 'alarmist' about the fallout from shutdown as they were for being proponents of the shutdown. Everybody already knows that both are bad for different reasons. We shut down, got a better grasp of what's going on, patched some holes in the boat with stimulus, and now we're moving forward. I'm not a big fan of Trump, but I think he acted fast and decisively to prevent the economy from core-locking.