Letter to the Editor - Stick to the facts while dealing with COVID-19

I am appalled the Havre Daily News chose to run Ann Coulter’s xenophobic, racist rant. This rhetoric is not harmless. It incites fear and hate and is the last thing we need when facing a crisis. Unfortunately, anti-Asian sentiment is already on the rise, and you made a choice to allow someone to fan the flames of ignorance and bigotry.

We live in a global economy. People and cargo travel around the world constantly. COVID-19 is a virus affecting all of us who share this one planet. Scientists have been predicting a pandemic of this sort for decades. We were willfully blind to their warn...