-Apr 7: President Trump removes Glenn Fine (who served under Bush and Obama, as the chair of the Inspector General of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a committee in charge of overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package. President Trump threatens to withhold money from the WHO. He also suggests that the WHO may have adverse political motivations and is “China-centric.” Acting Navy Secretary, Thomas Modly, resigns after the recordings of his mocking of Navy Capt. Brett Crozier surface.

-Apr 8: In response to Trump’s comments the day before, WHO Director, General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares : “The goal of all countries should be to save their people. Don’t politicize this virus … No need to use COVID to score political points. You have many other ways to prove yourselves.” New York suffers its highest single day of deaths with 779 new fatalities in the past 24 hours. In response to Trump’s claim that you don’t have anything to lose in taking the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for COVID, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society warn in a joint guidance that the drugs are not for everyone. A “volunteer” in Jared Kushner’s coronavirus response group submits a complaint to the House Oversight Committee about the group. The complaint alleges that the group is under-qualified, under-staffed, resorts to favoritism when awarding contracts, and uses personal emails. Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race. Attorney General Bill Barr says on Fox News that his department will “be keeping a careful eye” on whether states violate Americans’ constitutional rights through public health measures to address the pandemic. He also says that the mainstream media outlets are waging a jihad to discredit Trump and hydroxychloroquine. *