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Trump was warned of a pandemic that could lead to massive rates of death by the intel director he firedThe United States was warned last year that a pandemic could lead to serious problems if President Donald Trump and his administration didnt take public health readiness more seriously.
Stanford lecturer Brett McGurk cited a document from the office the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment, which specifically warns of a disease like the coronavirus.
In the section Human Security, Coates explained: the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, train international resources, and increase calls on the United States for support.
It has become clear that neither Trump nor his administration took the warning seriously.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-was-warned-of-a-pandemic-that-could-lead-to-massive-rates-of-death-by-the-intel-director-he-fired/
elleng
(131,063 posts)even tho repug from Indiana.
C_U_L8R
(45,014 posts)This week would be best.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)But he could give an interview to a broadcast network.
C_U_L8R
(45,014 posts)This is a crisis where the country needs them the most. And they want to go home?
at140
(6,110 posts)They don't want to catch the virus.
Me.
(35,454 posts)It's past time for these people who say they are patriots to speak up.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)He clearly missed that warning....
Or he ignored it...
sheshe2
(83,848 posts)But will he finally pay a price for all the harm he and his have done?
sheshe2
(83,848 posts)I have read and watched a lot about the virus today. It is spiraling out of control, seems it is not just the elderly that will die. The young doctor in China and now we have one here, very ill. Overexposure while treating patients?
We have the clueless or the perhaps we don't give a shit GOP in control of everything.
Sorry, very depressed tonight.
Back at ya, me.