Pelosi, through her presence in Chinatown in late February, was playing down a serious threat.
I agree. Pelosi was wrong and I thought so at the time with what I knew about COVID. Anyone paying attention to the outbreak in China would have plenty of reason to worry with what was known at the time. No special information was needed.
You should criticize leadership when it is deserved. We are capable of criticizing democrats when they're wrong because we aren't enthralled in a cult of personality. Trump has consumed the republican party so that's why so few of them will EVER utter anything critical of their cult leader.