Biden says Covid ‘pandemic is over’, despite US daily death toll in the hundreds | The Guardian:
September 19, 2022 - "Joe Biden has said 'the pandemic is over' in an interview broadcast on Sunday, though he admitted 'we still have a problem with Covid', as the US continues to grapple with coronavirus infections that kill hundreds of Americans a day. The president told CBS’s 60 Minutes: 'We still have a problem with Covid. We’re still doing a lotta work on it. But the pandemic is over. If you notice, no one’s wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape'....
"Last week the World Health Organization declared the end of the pandemic was 'in sight', after revealing that [world] weekly deaths were at the lowest level since March 2020. However, it cautioned that coronavirus still posed an 'acute global emergency' and highlighted that during the first eight months of 2022 more than 1 million people died from Covid-19.... But nearly 400 people a day continue to die from Covid in the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/19/biden-says-covid-pandemic-is-over-despite-us-daily-death-toll-in-the-hundreds
White House ridiculed after walking back Biden’s statement that pandemic is over: ‘He is not in charge’ | MSN - Gabriel Hays, Fox News:
Sep. 20, 2022 - "But according to CNN, an administration official told the outlet that 'the President's comments do not mark a change in policy toward the administration's handling of the virus, and there are no plans to lift the Public Health Emergency.' The current emergency status, which had been announced in January 2020, is still extended through Oct. 13....
"[T]he fact that the White House had to clarify and essentially walk back the president’s claims about the state of the pandemic drew scathing criticism from Biden administration critics, who insisted that this tension between Biden and his staffers may be another hint they do his job for him.
"'He is not in charge,' tweeted The Spectator contributing editor Stephen Miller, who also shared an image of the CNN headline that read, 'White House says Covid-19 policy unchanged despite Biden’s comments that the "pandemic is over."' In subsequent tweets, Miller added, 'It wasn't a gaffe. It wasn't a slip. He said it pretty definitely twice. In the same interview he dared anyone who questioned his mental fitness.... Biden reportedly complains that he looks weak. This is why. His own administration undercuts him every time he opens his mouth,' he wrote, and then asked, 'Is he in charge or not?'
- Republican communications figure Matt Whitlock remarked, 'Fascinating that the White House walked back Biden’s comments on Taiwan and COVID, but decided to let his comments that 'historic inflation is no big deal" stand.'
- 'Like clockwork. Biden’s handlers are out in force,' commented Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas....
- Radio host Derek Hunter mocked Biden, writing, 'Didn’t Joe say something about just watch him when asked whether or not he has the mental abilities to be President? One interview, at least two walk-backs by staff (so far). #WatchMe.'
- Abigail Marone, the press secretary for Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asked, 'Who exactly is running the country here?'
- 'We have a non-president,' declared Claremont Institute president Ryan P. Williams.
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