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Biden says he would shut US down amid pandemic if scientists said it was needed
The Hill ^ | August 21, 2020 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 08/21/2020 7:56:34 PM PDT by karpov

Former Vice President Joe Biden, fresh off of formally accepting the Democratic Party’s 2020 nomination, said he would shut down the U.S. to blunt the spread of the coronavirus if scientific advisers said such a move was necessary.

“I will be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus,” Biden told ABC News' David Muir in an interview that will air in full on Sunday.

“That is the fundamental flaw of this administration’s thinking to begin with. In order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing, and people employed, you have to fix the virus, you have to deal with the virus.”

“I would shut it down, I would listen to the scientists,” he added.

The remarks come after a virtual Democratic National Convention in which speaker after speaker criticized President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus. Democratic lawmakers and supporters who participated in the event said that the pandemic could have been more effectively handled and that the death toll did not need to be as high as it is now.

“The tragedy of where we are today is it didn't have to be this bad,” Biden said in his Thursday speech.

Recent polling has shown that the majority of voters disapprove of the way Trump has tackled the coronavirus. The White House and Republican allies on Capitol Hill urged for more aggressive reopening plans earlier this year, while Democrats have been apprehensive to take the same approach.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; covid; lockdown; shutdown
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The federal government does not have the authority to shut down businesses nationwide. The same people who shriek at President Trump using federal agents to protect a besieged federal courthouse want those agents to close stores and restaurants? There's not the manpower to do this, even if the president wanted to.

Scientists can inform public policy, but the president needs to make decisions. Biden may understand that he is too addled to do this, in which case he should drop out.

1 posted on 08/21/2020 7:56:34 PM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

Regardless of who wins on 11/03, this virus will disappear on the very next day. Mark my words, it’ll be just like if a bad dream has occurred.


2 posted on 08/21/2020 7:58:52 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It’s now the November 4th virus.


3 posted on 08/21/2020 8:00:03 PM PDT by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I disagree, Trump wins and we must pay for our insolence.


4 posted on 08/21/2020 8:00:24 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: karpov

Drooling Joe is an order follower, Northing more. Whatever whackadoodle far left a-hole told him to do, he would do.


5 posted on 08/21/2020 8:01:22 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: karpov

“The scientists”
WTF?!?!?!


6 posted on 08/21/2020 8:03:55 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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Bump


7 posted on 08/21/2020 8:09:06 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: EEGator

I don’t think this is going to end anytime soon no matter who wins. It’s crazy time and multiple groups think they can achieve their goals right now.


8 posted on 08/21/2020 8:10:51 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: karpov

"It is necessary! HA HA HA"

"Joe, do you want strawberry or chocolate?"

9 posted on 08/21/2020 8:13:12 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Heartless Republican Gutter Rat)
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Folks....it appears at this time that the Biden/Harris ticket did not get much of a convention poll bounce from their failed Convention!!! The TV viewer numbers, etc., were terrible...way behind the Hillary Clinton TV viewer numbers of 2016!!!

I hope that the POTUS, Trump Campaign does all it can tho get every Trump/Pence supporter in the country to tune in next week to all four days of the GOP POTUS convention. Like the Trump Gigantic Rallies, this Trump/Pence gig next week will be the blockbuster, Barn Burner of the Century!!!

We are shooting for great numbers of TV viewers....30,000,000-40,000,000 viewers, each of the four nights...just like a “TRUMP” Rally!!! Do it...Folks!!!


10 posted on 08/21/2020 8:14:01 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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As I've said before, if you like 2020 America then Biden is your man, he'll give you more of it for years to come.

If you prefer 2019 America, a place where everyone who wanted a good paying job could have one, where we had peace and prosperity for all, then Trump brought us that once and he's the man to bring it back so he's the choice.

Simple as that. Choose 2019 or 2020.

11 posted on 08/21/2020 8:16:23 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Print this up and get this out there in your precinct

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12 posted on 08/21/2020 8:30:39 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Regardless of who wins on 11/03, this virus will disappear on the very next day. Mark my words, it’ll be just like if a bad dream has occurred.

If it doesn't do exactly that, the country is finished. The misery now is so great, so unending, and the sense of "no hope" is increasing at such a rate, that the living are starting to envy the dead.

13 posted on 08/21/2020 8:31:09 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Simple solution to the pandemic,,,,Make HCQ and Azithromycin OTC drugs so anyone who develops a cough and/or fever can go the nearest drug store and self medicate with the drugs along with Zinc Sulfate with correct dosage within 48 hours of symptoms and pandemic over.,,,,,instead of waiting a few days to get tested and 5 days for the results,,,,if over 60 years of age,,,,you’re dead.


14 posted on 08/21/2020 8:31:48 PM PDT by chopperk (L)
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To: karpov

If you like what us happening in NYC you will love Biden.


15 posted on 08/21/2020 8:33:41 PM PDT by genghis
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To: karpov

If he wasn’t senile he’d be insane.


16 posted on 08/21/2020 8:33:55 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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Biden is full of baloney. In the U.S.A., we’ve had 73,870,797 COVID-19 tests so far to detect 5,746,534 cases. An administration under Biden would not have accomplished that. Democrats produce chaos instead of good work.


17 posted on 08/21/2020 8:35:36 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: karpov

Globalist f***.


18 posted on 08/21/2020 8:40:07 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: ilgipper

If it is the November 4th virus, then there’s no way that the Democrats could have shut it down. Inauguration day comes later. President Trump and his people will do the best that any administration could. The majority of people are realizing that and won’t change their minds.


19 posted on 08/21/2020 8:40:14 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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Where the numbers came from for my earlier comment,...

COVID-19 Update - 08/21/2020
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3876555/posts

Biden is full of baloney. In the U.S.A., we’ve had 73,870,797 COVID-19 tests so far to detect 5,746,534 cases. An administration under Biden would not have accomplished that. Democrats produce chaos instead of good work.


20 posted on 08/21/2020 8:43:43 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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