As usual whenever he speaks, TrumPutin lies and he is wrong, this time when he says the cure is worse than the disease. However, there are other things that are worse than the Coronavirus:

The White House initial response, particularly the opinion by epidemiologist TrumPutin that the Coronavirus was a flu -- definitely worse than the virus;

The revised response, stating that the Coronavirus was not, after all, simply a flu, but that TrumPutin knew it was serious, and knew it to be a pandemic far earlier than anyone else -- such nonsense is worse than the disease;  

The daily briefings that substitute for the mindless rallies that TrumPutin is used to having -- absolutely worse than the virus;
Mnuchin's pandering for the corporate elite, including Boeing, which suffered so badly that it could offer its disgraced former CEO only a $60 million payout; and cruise lines, which license themselves in foreign countries to avoid U. S. taxes, but which line up for U. S. taxpayer bailouts -- worse than the disease;
 
The parade of corporate shills at the daily briefings, performing like trained seals so that they are not left out of the stimulus money that TrumPutin and Mnuchin are earmarking for their friends -- truly a scar on the nation and far worse than the disease;
Pompeo's idiotic talk of the Wuhan virus, carrying the xenophobic and nationalist ball for his lord and master -- despicably worse than the disease;

GOP reluctance to pay for sick leave and unemployment, until shamed into doing so, and Moscow Mitch's reluctance to have any oversight until forced to -- worse than the disease.

TrumPutin's hunch that the virus will be subdued, his hunch that we have plenty of ventilators, his hunch that the economy is more important than people's health -- all politically motivated responses worse than the disease; 

The country will survive, recover, and thrive -- despite the lies, selfishness, and greed of the TrumPutin elite that currently governs.  

Thank God for Speaker Pelosi and the good sense she shows in leading an intelligent response to the crisis.