I don't 100% excuse the scientific/medical community either. But we have freedom of travel, and a lot of the Covid entered this country from Europe (not Asia), no doubt after the scientific/medical community somewhere else released Covid on the world.
Trump imposed quick travel restrictions and related restrictions only on travelers from some/a few countries.
Under this strategy, a repair shop doesn't need to fix all the punctures in a tire that ran over a bunch of nails. It only needs to plug some of the leaks to prevent a flat tire, which is laughably and Trumpably stupid.
You were right that Desantis would have been better than Trump, but you guys waited too long to eradicate Trump. Now he's your guy whether you wanted him or not. Way to go.