Former President Barack Obama said he gave ex-President Donald Trump a pandemic playbook when Trump took office — but he disregarded it.

“He ignored it,” Obama said during a rallyfor Vice President Kamala Harris in Las Vegas on Saturday. “And three years later, a pandemic hits.”

  • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    27 days ago

    Wow it’s almost like letting it rip through the population was a terrible idea. So why did they “end COVID” (just the payouts to people, gotta make them get back to work) under Biden when it’s still very much around? Levels were higher this year than any previous years and the Biden admin actually took Trump’s advice “Just stop counting”

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      Because expunging an endemic disease is a hell of a lot of effort. Zero Covid didn’t work (ask Winnie the Pooh), so most efforts were undertaken instead to weather the large amount of simultaneous harsh cases where patients required a ventilator and constant medical attention.

      Would it be possible? Probably, but do you really want to convince Billions of people worldwide to regularly buy and use tests, masks and to distance where possible for a few years? I mean, I’m in Biotech, I’d live a fulfilled live employment-wise - if I don’t get gunned down due to political violence that would ensue.