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Trump ignorance a lethal problem

To the Editor:

According to White House staff, since this past January Trump blew off — refused to read, as always — daily briefings in print. He even refused to hear the spoken summaries of  daily briefings that his staff tried to give him. He’s done the same throughout his occupation of the White House. 

But this was far worse because his negligence means people in America are dying: the January 2019 and beyond briefings included dire warnings that the President must take action to avoid a pandemic of COVID-19 in the USA. 

If someone you love dearly dies, thank the president and his enablers. 

Mary Jane Curry

Haywood County

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