It is “very disturbing” to hear Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden say he was ready to place the country through another costly economic shutdown this winter if chosen because of a combination of seasonal flu and coronavirus, Fox News medical staffer Dr. Marc Siegel “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Friday.
“First of all, we do not even predict a severe flu season, because in the southern hemisphere we do not see it,” Siegel told host Tucker Carlson.
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“But that besides, what about all the costs incurred by another locked up?” Seal added. “Children who can not take care of their teeth then [or] glasses? No nutrition, problems with mental health, problems with physical health, operations that have been postponed. Many more people will die from heart disease and cancer due to extended lockdowns will ever die from COVID-19. That is not to mention the depression and suicide. “
In an ABC News interview that will air on Sunday, “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir asked the former vice president: “If you are confirmed, January is coming and we have coronavirus and the flu.” “Combining what many scientists have said is a real possibility, would you be willing to shut down this country again?”
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“I would be willing to do anything to save lives because we can not move the country until we control the virus. That is the fundamental mistake in thinking of this administration to begin with,” Biden replied. “To keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and deploying people. You have to repair the virus. You have to deal with the virus.”
“So when the scientists say, ‘Shut up?’ Muir pressed.
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“I would shut it down,” Biden replied. “I would listen to the scientists.”
In response, Siegel asked: “How can you currently transfer something to Florida that has done so well and is actually down in the case of the case percentage to 8%? Or California, now, rates are going down [to] 6.6% means that if you are tested, there is only a 6% chance that you yourself will be positive? “
Many U.S. states are in the sixth month of restrictions on rallies, public events and other economic activity to combat the pandemic, which has killed more than 175,000 Americans.
