Biden preparing for 'multiple scenarios' on COVID-19

[fleur-de-lisa]

Biden preparing for 'multiple scenarios' on COVID-19
He announced a new plan to bolster U.S. supply chains amid coronavirus.

By Molly Nagle and John Verhovek, July 7, 2020

With the November election fewer than four months away and the number of coronavirus cases again surging in the United States, former vice president Joe Biden is preparing for a range of realities when it comes to dealing with the virus if he is elected president, according to an official.

"I would say the vice president and the team are working through multiple scenarios. One of those scenarios would involve the existence of a vaccine, in which case, one of the biggest tasks would be the broad-based manufacture and equitable distribution of that vaccine which is an enormous logistical challenge," the official said on a call Tuesday morning.

When asked if Biden’s Public Health advisery Board had advised the former vice president on the likelihood of a vaccine being widely available for distribution by the time he would potentially take office, the official cautioned there is no guarantee that will be the case.

"They've advised the vice president that you know there have been encouraging signs around some of the candidate vaccines but that nothing is a sure thing and that we can't count on that," the official said.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preparing-multiple-scenarios-covid-19-official/story?id=71651134&cid=social_twitter_tw

[drray23]

1. I have no doubt he would be prepared for that. Real leaders plan for all possible scenario

He has assembled a team on COVID, and I heard he also setup one for climate change with Tom Steyer in it. The minute Joe Biden takes over, he will have
a well organized agenda of what to do efficiently to start fixing this country.

[hunter]

2. It's likely he'll take office with a million dead.

And he's volunteered for the job.

Oh hell yes he's my President.

[regnaD kciN]

3. That's a LITTLE overdramatic...

Right now, most models I've seen have around 200,000 by Election Day. Is there really any chance that total would essentially quadruple (or more) before Inauguration Day? I'm guessing about a quarter-million deaths by then, at the most. Still awful, but the only way we'd be over a million by then would be if the entire country and all its residents decided today to quickly "return to normal" and do nothing to mitigate the pandemic, just let herd immunity develop.

[hunter]

4. Watch in horror.

Deaths unattributed.

The raw numbers will tell.

[cayugafalls]

5. Deaths are being under reported.

Not sure if they will reach a million, but the real numbers are most likely much higher than we are seeing.

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