Obama says Trump ‘ignored’ pandemic playbook he gave to him - eviltoast

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.”

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    thus the overall rates will look better after that.

    Better, but not zero. That’s why your friend died. So all this stuff how immunity works, well this is how immunity works.

    • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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      Yeah that’s kinda my point is that it’s not something that necessarily gets better with repeat exposure - and with comorbidities (like being fat) you can just straight up die even as a young person