Joe Biden calls for a national lockdown to contain the coronavirus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Vice President Joe Biden is calling for an immediate nationwide stay-at-home order to contain the spread of the coronavirus, saying the main mistake that leaders can make in a pandemic is "going too slow."

The Democratic presidential candidate told CNN on Friday that he agreed with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates that the uneven patchwork of state and local lockdowns in effect in the United States will inevitably cost lives and prolong the economic catastrophe.

"Why would we not err on the side of making sure that we are not going to have a repeat?" Biden said from his home in Wilmington, Del.

President Trump has urged Americans to practice social distancing but has declined to issue a nationwide stay-at-home order, leaving it to governors and local officials to decide whether to shut down nonessential businesses. He said this week that he'd like to have the country "opened up and just raring to go by Easter," which is just over two weeks away.

https://news.yahoo.com/joe-biden-calls-national-lockdown-032323343.html

[ehrnst]

1. Good move, Joe. (nt)

[sheshe2]

2. I agree.

Thanks Joe, immediate action.

Bernie wants M4A, sometime.

[emmaverybo]

3. Yes!

[MarianJack]

4. So Dolt45 leaves it up to local authorities.

Q. Where does Donnie boy stand on the vital issue of the day?

A. Aside.

As always, Donald Trump is an idiot and an ass hat.

RESIST

[George II]

7. In his words, "you figure it out." How presidential.

[mcar]

5. This is what we need

Bold, smart moves. Wish we had someone in the WH who could carry them out. Can we vote Joe in now?

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. I wish

[McCamy Taylor]

6. Agree.

[Celerity]

8. MAGATs will wilfully break the order, so if this goes down I hope there are contingency plans to

crush their death cult mini-rebellions.

I simply cannot see Trump EVER doing this in Red States. He damn well may try to turn Blue States into viral Auschwitz II-Birkenau's.

If anyone thinks I am a nutter, just look at who we are talking about.

[Hortensis]

10. "...making SURE that we are not going to have a repeat?"

Absolutely!

Especially when it is almost certain we WILL have a surge with the cold weather next fall and again each year until we have a vaccine. Still not known if we'll have the seasonal lull this summer that we desperately need.