Posted on 10/25/2020 1:18:39 PM PDT by karpov
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that the country is “not going to control the pandemic” — noting it is contagious like the flu and must be managed with therapeutics and vaccines.
“We’re not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation efforts,” Meadows said during a contentious interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“Why aren’t we going to get to control the pandemic?” Tapper asked.
“Because it is a contagious virus just like the flu,” Meadows responded, as the two went back and forth about President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence continuing to campaign after five members of Pence’s staff testing positive.
“Let me just say this is what we need to do is make sure that we have the proper mitigation factors — whether it’s therapies or vaccines or treatments — to make sure that people don’t die from this,” he said.
Meadows then went on to suggest that former Vice President Joe Biden wants to quarantine the country.
Tapper said, “nobody is saying that.”
“They are. Joe Biden is saying that. He says, lock everybody down, we’re going to have a dark winter,” Meadows said.
But Tapper countered that’s what health officials are warning will happen this winter as the number of cases surged in the Midwest.
Democrats quickly ripped Meadow’s comment Sunday.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has made the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic a main thrust of his campaign, said he was “stunned.”
“This wasn’t a slip by Meadows,” Biden said in a statement.
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As I said in February, eventually everyone will get this virus.
And most will live.
“We’re not going to control the pandemic.”
That, and that only, will appear in dem ads, nationwide, tomorrow, 24/7.
So Trump is out on the campaign trail talking about how we’ve turned the corner and COVID is under control and all the talk about it is overblown, and Meadows is out there saying there’s nothing we can do about it, that it’s out of control and learn to deal with it. Nothing like having everyone on the same page, is there?
We aren’t going to stop SARS-CoV2.
Masks and Lockdowns are both ineffective globally. They slow the virus a little, but people still need to eat.
The Only successful means to have low deaths is Mandatory, government enforced quarantines of the sick and the healthy are still vulnerable to the disease.
Hispanics and blacks are hardest hit in death statistics, but how are Hispanics and blacks going to react when Police pull them out of their homes and take them to mandatory 14 day quarantine.
We can stop the virus, but we will have a civil war that will kill way more than .1% of americans.
Where is that surprising? The Republicans hand them a gift of course they're going to run with it.
Yep, almost as stupid as biden’s oil statement. Covid is the only thing they have left, why give them something so easily pounced upon ?
Also correct. We should be putting these guys out of business by starving them. Don’t talk to them, ever.
“Where is that surprising?”
Obviously, the only person who will be surprised is Mark Meadows.
I am with you 1000% we NEED herd immunity it is the only way to solve this!! JEEZE LOUISE keep our s seniors and peop,e with underlying conditions safe SO after herd immunity is achieved grandparents can FINALLY visit with their families!!!
They want to be reassured by being lied to?
No thanks I don’t want to live in a police state over a virus!!
They POUNCE on everything Meadows is completely right!!!
Suburban women need to grow a spine why in the HELL should we lie to them!!!
This foot in mouth blunder is already being played as “the Trump admin admits it can’t do anything to protect Americans and is waving the white flag.”.
I agree with Meadows. I also don’t think an effective vaccine will ever work.
Of course he’s right. Still, imo, he fed them a talking point that will be magnified from here til Noc 3.
SO WHAT the American peopke have had ENOUGH of this virus BS!!
Terrible answer.
They’ve been running with this all day on Fox.
Well I don’t think it’s a lie to say instead “we will get control of this pandemic by handwashing, opening up carefully, etc.” “Getting control” can mean anything.
I’m very involved in local efforts in getting my kids’ schools reopened. People want to hear the word “careful” and “safe” in conjunction with reopening efforts. Those words don’t need to be defined, but they should be said. Trump should say those words too. This is Biden’s only strength (that he does say those words) and it appeals to many women.
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