NEW: US intelligence agencies were issuing ominous, classified warnings in Jan and Feb about a likely global coronavirus pandemic as Trump and GOP lawmakers called the virus a hoax and failed to take action that might have slowed its spread and saved lives.washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
By January, “the system was blinking red” but “Trump’s advisers struggled to get him to take coronavirus seriously.”
Azar spoke to Trump about the virus on Jan 18 but “Trump interjected to ask when flavored vaping products would be back on the market.”
Azar spoke to Trump about the virus on Jan 18 but “Trump interjected to ask when flavored vaping products would be back on the market.”
“US intel reports painted an early picture of a virus that showed characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that required governments to take swift actions to contain it.
But Trump continued to play down the threat coronavirus posed to Americans.”washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
But Trump continued to play down the threat coronavirus posed to Americans.”washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
For months, Trump ignored intel warnings that coronavirus “showed characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that required govts to take swift actions to contain it.”
Now, the US is on track to suffer the largest, most explosive outbreak in the world.
Now, the US is on track to suffer the largest, most explosive outbreak in the world.
