Let me be clear. I would expect a president of a country to have more information then every citizen of that country. I would fully expect that president to down play a situation in order to slow mass panic.

Now, let’s really learn something here... the moment the president declared a state of emergency, he had no further effect on the states. At that moment it was up to the individual states to adopt a policy to stop the thread. The president is now an observer.

Does this make sense to you?