President Biden in a new interview said he has not been briefed on the sensitive documents former President Trump was keeping to his Mar-a-Lago estate, but called his predecessor’s behavior “totally irresponsible.”
President Joe Biden said “the pandemic is over” in discussing Covid during an interview that aired on Sunday evening on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
“The pandemic is over,” the president told Scott Pelley as they talked last week at the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with Covid. We’re still doing a lot of work on it … but the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one’s wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it’s changing.”
Despite Biden’s statement, Covid has continued to exact a toll in the United States and around the world. The John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center lists more than 2 million Covid cases in the country in the last 28 days, with hundreds dying from the disease every day.
Biden’s insistence on Sunday night that the pandemic is over caught several of his own health officials by surprise. The declaration was not part of his planned remarks ahead of the “60 Minutes” interview, two administration officials familiar with the matter told POLITICO.
Later in the interview, Biden was clear that he didn’t take the overall effects of the pandemic lightly.
“The impact on the psyche of the American people as a consequence of the pandemic is profound,” he said. “Think of how that has changed everything. You know, people’s attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities. And so there’s a lot of uncertainty out there, a great deal of uncertainty. And we lost a million people.”
……..
- Discussion
-
ICYMI: Biden said “the pandemic is over” in an interview on “60 Minutes” Sunday.
Despite his statement, Covid continues to exact a toll on the world, with more than 2 million U.S. cases in the last 28 days and hundreds dying from the disease every day. https://t.co/1kf7penGBN
— POLITICO (@politico) September 19, 2022Dr. Anthony Fauci: “We are not where we need to be if we are going to quote ‘live with the virus’" https://t.co/hXMfv1ty9f
Fauci's comments follow President Biden's remarks that the "pandemic is over" during a “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/4i326CQWii
— POLITICO (@politico) September 19, 2022
No it isn’t over for many of us — the elderly, chronically ill and immunocompromised. We are still in danger — even from a mild case of COVID. And what about those suffering from long COVID? Not over for them either.
Thank you, anti-vaxers.
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.