owner David Tepper was alerted to the possible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in February before its full scope was communicated to the wider public, according to Kate Kelly and Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times.
A group of advisers to President Donald Trump met with Hoover Institution board members from Feb. 23-25. On Feb. 25, White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow told the board members that COVID-19 was "contained in the U.S., to date, but now we just don't know."
However, earlier that day, Kudlow said on CNBC's The Exchange: "We have contained this.