Pretty harsh narrative by NBC's Chuck Todd that was promptly refuted by Biden in today's 'Meet The Press' show:
Chuck Todd to Joe Biden: Does The President Have "Blood On His Hands" Over Slow Coronavirus Response?
Tim Hains
March 29, 2020
NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd asked presidential candidate Joe Biden if President Trump has blood on his hands "considering the slow response" to the coronavirus outbreak.
"Do you think there is blood on the president’s hands considering the slow response?”
"I think that’s a little too harsh," Biden replied. "He should stop thinking out loud and start thinking deeply. He should start listening to the scientists before he speaks."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...his_hands.html
For context, this question followed the latest bleak projection by CDC expert:
Up to 200K US deaths foreseen as more cities stricken
By MATT SEDENSKY and MICHAEL R. SISAK 26 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hot spots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country.
Faced with that grim projection the possibility and that even more could die in the U.S. without measures to keep people away from each other, President Donald Trump extended federal guidelines recommending people stay home for another 30 days until the end of April to prevent spread of the virus.
Trump’s extension of the original 15-day guidelines was a stark reversal just days after he suggested restarting the economy in about two weeks and came after Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the dire prediction of fatalities, adding that millions in the U.S. could become infected.
By evening, the U.S. had over 139,000 infections and 2,400 deaths, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, though the true number of cases is thought to be considerably higher because of testing shortages and mild illnesses that have gone unreported.
Worldwide, more than 710,000 infections were reported, and deaths topped 33,000, half of them in Italy and Spain, where hospitals are swamped and the health system is at the breaking point.
https://apnews.com/64ac08d62c3621f2b888785e02c7f6b1
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