The Barbarian
Crabby Old White Guy
- Apr 3, 2003
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Turns out, opening up before it's safe, will do more damage to the economy. If Trump had acted promptly, we wouldn't have the economic impact we see. And of course, about 36,000 lives would have been saved.
Sorry, that excuse won't work. Biden, long before Trump took effective action, had doctors and epidemiologists develop a plan, and presented it publicly, urging Trump to something.
Biden urges Trump to give Americans ‘unvarnished truth’ about COVID-19
Politics Mar 23, 2020 2:11 PM EDT
...Biden also criticized the Trump administration for what he said was a slow response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and expressed concern about a lack of access to health care and medical supplies in the U.S.
WATCH: Biden urges Trump to give Americans ‘unvarnished truth’ about COVID-19
That only slightly exaggerates Trump's response to the pandemic. Trump's first response, contrary to the advice his own doctors and scientists gave him was to shut down any travel from China.
Notice Biden, long before Trump had any effective response, was advocating good controls on the spread of the virus, taking his cue from scientists who actually know what they're talking about. Shortly after that, Trump suggested injecting disinfectant into people to "clean" the virus from them.
If Trump had just listened to Biden, tens of thousands of Americans wouldn't have died.
He acted more promptly than Biden would have,
Sorry, that excuse won't work. Biden, long before Trump took effective action, had doctors and epidemiologists develop a plan, and presented it publicly, urging Trump to something.
Biden urges Trump to give Americans ‘unvarnished truth’ about COVID-19
Politics Mar 23, 2020 2:11 PM EDT
...Biden also criticized the Trump administration for what he said was a slow response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and expressed concern about a lack of access to health care and medical supplies in the U.S.
WATCH: Biden urges Trump to give Americans ‘unvarnished truth’ about COVID-19
and Biden labeled Trump as hysterical and xenophobic.
That only slightly exaggerates Trump's response to the pandemic. Trump's first response, contrary to the advice his own doctors and scientists gave him was to shut down any travel from China.
Good thing we didn't have Biden as our president, or the death toll would be even higher.
Notice Biden, long before Trump had any effective response, was advocating good controls on the spread of the virus, taking his cue from scientists who actually know what they're talking about. Shortly after that, Trump suggested injecting disinfectant into people to "clean" the virus from them.
If Trump had just listened to Biden, tens of thousands of Americans wouldn't have died.
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