Yes, a memo from a senior adviser warned in January that a pandemic could exact a massive toll. But it relied heavily on data from a September report looking at pandemics in the abstract. https://t.co/cFwH1Wsp7S
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 8, 2020
SCOOP – WH trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote a late January memo warning of a possible pandemic that would cause financial and human catastrophe https://t.co/aRPARYdNm8
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 7, 2020
These memos are devastating https://t.co/8roELFHfd8 pic.twitter.com/TRediD8kv7
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 7, 2020
Why did Navarro not go public when Trump refused to take this seriously? https://t.co/mpjzzusokJ
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 7, 2020
NEW: While Peter Navarro wrote memos privately warning coronavirus could kill millions here and inflict trillions of economic damage he was publicly saying there was "nothing to worry about" and the economy was not at risk from a slowdown in China.https://t.co/LgXFyeA4ae pic.twitter.com/2HKLQYpVNM
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) April 10, 2020
Sad! 