WASHINGTON — Groundless assurances keep coming from President Donald Trump, a rosy outlier on the science of the coronavirus pandemic. Now he's been talking about a country revved up again by Easter, April 12, while his officials gingerly play down that possibility from the same White House platform. A look at some recent statements during a week when the U.S. rose to No. 1 globally in the number of people infected by COVID-19 since the pandemic began:TUNNEL VISIONSTRUMP: “There is tremendous hope as we look forward and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.” — briefing Tuesday. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI: “The light at the end of tunnel may be a train coming at us.” — news conference Thursday.

Source: International New York Times March 28, 2020 14:04 UTC