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Biden COVID-19 adviser says US could manage pandemic with 4- to 6-week lockdown
New York Post ^ | November 11, 2020 | Kenneth Garger

Posted on 11/12/2020 6:18:42 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty

A member of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force said Wednesday that the US could manage the pandemic by enforcing an extended economic lockdown with the government compensating workers for lost wages. Dr. Michael Osterholm floated the idea in an interview with Yahoo Finance, explaining that a four- to six-week shutdown of small to medium businesses could drive down infection numbers. Osterholm said the federal government is in a prime position to use borrowed money to pay for such a lockdown package. “When you look at the personal savings rate in this country, it’s now gone from about 8 percent to over 22 percent,” Osterholm said. “We have a big pool of money out there that “We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individual workers, for losses to small companies to medium-sized companies,” and losses to lower levels of government, Osterholm said. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease & Policy at the University of Minnesota, said other countries in Asia as well as New Zealand and Australia have instituted similar lockdowns. “Then, we could really watch ourselves cruising into the vaccine availability in the first and second quarter of next year and bringing back the economy long before that,” he said.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: andagain; biden; caronavirus; economy; lockdown
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To: Cyclops08
I am beginning to believe that Democrats will NEVER give up covid powers. They are far too addicted to raw power.

COVID was the fast track to what climate change was going to deliver over the long haul.

21 posted on 11/12/2020 6:32:51 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

4-6 weeks beginning in late January, after which we will miraculously have beaten COVID19 thanks to Uncle Joe’s experience and leadership. Maybe Hunter can be in charge of the vaccine effort.

This is not to say COVID won’t still be around, but the lugenpresse will not speak about it going forward.


22 posted on 11/12/2020 6:34:16 AM PST by TarasBulbous
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To: circlecity
He’s literally talking about raiding private retirement accounts.

Which is why I am completely emptying all my 401K accounts as soon as I turn 59 1/2 the end of this month.

23 posted on 11/12/2020 6:34:17 AM PST by commish (Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

4 to 6 will quickly stretch into 6 to 8. And then 8 to 10.

We know where this is going.

I don’t think the economy can withstand another lockdown. We haven’t recovered from the first one yet. Double whammies have a way of causing double damage.


24 posted on 11/12/2020 6:34:30 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Dilbert San Diego

How many trillions of dollars would this cost, and where will the money to fund this come from?

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Relax...our national debt is only $27 trillion. We have plenty of headroom. /sarc


25 posted on 11/12/2020 6:35:56 AM PST by Starboard
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To: The Sons of Liberty

hopefully we get the vaccine before we get Biden


26 posted on 11/12/2020 6:36:00 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: fluffy

They are going to take your savings. The whole idea is to make more people poor.


27 posted on 11/12/2020 6:36:05 AM PST by dforest (RATS are criminals and frauds. Hide anything that belongs to you. They will steal it.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
BIDEN'S PLAN:

This is how we do it --- we strip down and wear a mask

That way, the virus will have nothing to stick to and we all get through it. Anyone not wearing a mask will have to deal with the Desk SGT in charge.



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28 posted on 11/12/2020 6:36:25 AM PST by Patriot_MP (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

“”When you look at the personal savings rate in this country, it’s now gone from about 8 percent to over 22 percent,” Osterholm said. “We have a big pool of money out there””

My gosh - they’re crawling out of the woodwork. I wonder if he understands why the savings rate has grown - DUH!!!!


29 posted on 11/12/2020 6:36:32 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: The Sons of Liberty

If we comply then we are complicit in the destruction of this country.


30 posted on 11/12/2020 6:37:01 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: The Sons of Liberty

The headline should read “Biden COVID-19 adviser says US could manage to kill off small business and the middle class with 4- to 6-week lockdown“.


31 posted on 11/12/2020 6:37:07 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (COVID lockdowns are the EstablishmentÂ’s attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

He just let the cat out of the bag. They are eyeing personal savings. Don’t you wonder what a “doctor” is thinking about when references your private savings in a discussion about paying for a shutdown?


32 posted on 11/12/2020 6:37:30 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: The Sons of Liberty

China and the democrats.


33 posted on 11/12/2020 6:37:47 AM PST by Texas resident (Biden and Kamala are China's bitches)
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To: Senator_Blutarski
OUTSTANDING OBSERVATION!

And could explain why dems don't want the vaccine distributed until Biden is in charge. (Praying that is NEVER!)

34 posted on 11/12/2020 6:38:38 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Part of the Trump Resistance behind enemy lines in the newly occupied socialist state of Georgia)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Don’t refer to Bite-One as “President elect”. HE ISN’T. Court cases aren’t anywhere near done, nor have the Supremes reviewed the matter. Electors haven’t even voted, much less certified anything.

The authors of these articles need to just STOP.


35 posted on 11/12/2020 6:39:47 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“”Don’t you wonder what a “doctor” is thinking about when references your private savings in a discussion about paying for a shutdown?””

None of them are smart enough to know that every time they open their mouths, they reveal more of where they stand and it’s NOT with the country!!!


36 posted on 11/12/2020 6:39:49 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: circlecity

That is the plan. They will pretend those accounts are theirs, hold them in a lockbox, and dole it out with your SS check every month. The fact remains that they will spend it and put a fake IOU in it.

These criminal salivate at the idea of getting your money in their hands.


37 posted on 11/12/2020 6:40:26 AM PST by dforest (RATS are criminals and frauds. Hide anything that belongs to you. They will steal it.)
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To: commish

Good idea. There have been premonitions about this on the financial pages but never openly reported. Usually looks like clickbait but. Now we have confirmation of intent..


38 posted on 11/12/2020 6:40:29 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I hope Biden is paying attention on everyone on his Coronavirus Task Force. Ezekiel Emanuel wants everyone to die at age 75. Biden is 78.


40 posted on 11/12/2020 6:40:42 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Liberty over lock-downs. Freedom over face masks.)
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