'I shudder to imagine': Expert sees surprise way Trump return could doom Americans

Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House in 2025 could doom American citizens to an early death for a surprising reason revealed by a Washington Post contributor Thursday.

Health columnist and emergency physician Dr.

What will happen if another terrible virus starts spreading?"

Wen then warned readers, "This is not pure speculation."

The columnist has been keeping an eye on a "worrisome" viral disease with a mortality rate as high as 50 percent that as already begun to spread among a specific group of Americans.

The disease? Bird flu.

"It is entirely possible for avian influenza to become the next major infectious disease threat," wrote Wen. "If that were to happen, who would you want to be president?"

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For Wen, the answer is Vice President Kamala Harris and the reason is Covid-19.

Wen detailed Trump's various actions she argued contributed to the deaths of 220,000 Americans by October 2020, before a virus had been developed and our lone protections were tests, social distancing and masks.

"It was during those tumultuous times that then-President Trump himself fell ill from Covid," Wen wrote. "His White House repeatedly refused to answer basic questions about when he contracted the coronavirus or who could have been exposed, though more than a dozen members of his inner circle ended up testing positive during this period...During his car ride back, he made a show of being maskless, exposing Secret Service agents to a potentially fatal disease."

Wen predicted Trump would only become more determined to flout safety regulations during his second administration with Kennedy at his side promoting vaccine deregulation and misinformation.

"I’d expect vaccine uptake to further decline, laying the groundwork for previously eliminated diseases such as polio and measles to make a comeback," Wen wrote. "I’d expect public health officials trying to do their jobs to be silenced, demoted or fired."

Wen does not have the same expectations for Harris.

"The administration in which she served as vice president did a remarkable job shepherding the United States out of the pandemic," Wen concluded.

"History will remember the Biden-Harris administration for implementing one of the most effective vaccination campaigns in history, an action that saved millions of lives."