Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That a Corona virus Was Coming
The
Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face
masks, and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did
nothing.
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Despite President Trump’s
repeated assertions
that the Covid-19 epidemic was “unforeseen” and “came out of nowhere,”
the Pentagon was well aware of not just the threat of a novel influenza,
but even anticipated the consequent scarcity of ventilators, face
masks, and hospital beds, according to a
2017 Pentagon plan obtained by
The Nation.
“The most likely and significant threat is a novel respiratory
disease, particularly a novel influenza disease,” the military plan
states. Covid-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the novel (meaning
new to humans) coronavirus. The document specifically references
coronavirus on several occasions, in one instant saying, “Coronavirus
infections [are] common around the world.”
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