As the Pandemic Rages, the Trump Administration Monitors Our Feelings

The Department of Health and Human Services’ preparedness and response division is confronting the deadliest pandemic in a century, and its leaders want to know how America is feeling.

In a series of slides dated Monday and obtained by The New York Times, the department’s assistant secretary for preparedness and response presented a “public sentiment analysis” that summarized how Americans on social media were reacting emotionally to major news about the coronavirus over the past month.

Bottom line: Not well. CONT.

Eileen Sullivan & Michael D. Shear, New York Times

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