From the NYT article posted on the previous page.
"Nothing to see here!"
*requests billions in funding*
"We cannot hermetically seal off the United States to a virus," Mr. Azar said. "And we need to be realistic about that."
President Trump, speaking earlier in the day from India, said that the United States was well able to protect itself against the spread of the coronavirus and offered an optimistic outlook.
"I think the whole situation will start working out," Mr. Trump said during a news conference.
On Monday, the Trump administration requested $2.5 billion to help stop the spread of the virus. It asked Congress to authorize $1.25 billion in new emergency funds and called for diverting another $1.25 billion from other federal programs.
"Nothing to see here!"
*requests billions in funding*