An Internal White House Memo Warned of Large-Scale Coronavirus Deaths Months Ago

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An Internal White House Memo Warned of Large-Scale Coronavirus Deaths Months Ago
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The memo, issued in January, warned of half a million deaths in the U.S.

wrote in a memo that the virus then engulfing China could stand to kill half a million Americans due to the “lack of immune protection or an existing cure or vaccine,” a situation that elevated the risk of the coronavirus “evolving into a full-blown pandemic.” At the time, he called for an “immediate travel ban on China.” that as many as 2 million Americans could die from COVID-19.

Unfortunately for Navarro, his reputation preceded him. While his stark warnings actually turned out to be rather prophetic, and probably should’ve been heeded by the White House—or at least more heeded than the alternative, which was basically doing nothing—they were viewed through the lens of his ongoing hatred of China. Navarro has

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