Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Don’t Blame the Public for Coronavirus Confusion

With mixed messages and no leadership from the top, it’s little wonder Americans don’t quite know what to do.

June 15, 2020 at 11:40 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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I’m seeing a lot of people in the media express contempt for those who are going out in public without following best practices for containing the coronavirus. I’m here to defend ordinary citizens.