Mistakes were made, and the numbers shot up. They will continue to do that as one projection has another 100,000 deaths by September. And yet the WH talks about “after-action” reports. It’s not over by a long shot, other than Trump’s on the golf course in Bedminster this weekend.
The beginning had a very large mistake with the inaction and incompetence including the 430,000 allowed in with little testing and tracking, as well as a sinophobic bias emphasizing West Coast travelers rather than entry through the East Coast.

Note that deaths continue to increase

Data suppression.