– Helpless and dangerous – VG

– Covid-19 is not political. The virus does not know that there will be an election soon, but it is highly contagious. According to the CDC (US response to the National Institute of Public Health), 2/3 of people who do not have symptoms are infected. That’s why health officials recommend avoiding large gatherings, writes Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak. Twitter.

In addition, he notes that the trend of infection is increasing in the state, even though infection in the United States as a whole is decreasing.

– How should we reduce the infection? We follow the advice of the health authorities: we use masks. We maintain social distance. We do not organize large concentrations, where these measures are not maintained, he continues.

The latter can be interpreted as a clear stab at President Donald Trump, who on Sunday night addressed large crowds during an election campaign rally in Carson City.

– It is our responsibility as Americans to follow the public measures agreed to by federal, state and local health authorities. It is an obligation for American leaders to follow the same advice.

Sisolak, a Democrat, emphasizes that he believes this regardless of his political stance, because he takes his job to protect the people of Nevada seriously. In Nevada, they are now allowed to have events with up to 250 participants.

– Right now, telling the President of the United States that holding a large meeting, which does not follow the advice of your own government and the demands of state health authorities, is indefensible and dangerous because not everyone who lives in Nevada and the The United States, which is infected with covid-19, has access to the Walter Reed medical center, countless doctors and treatments, which the president has.

Trump himself confirmed on October 2 that he had tested positive for coronavirus. The next day, he was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center, before returning to the White House on October 6. On October 13, he returned to lead the election campaign and has held daily voter meetings ever since.

In an intense attempt to catch up with Biden in the polls, Trump went from Nevada to California and returned on Sunday for a day filled with election events and fundraisers, NTB writes.

One of the reasons Trump has launched an offensive in Nevada is that the state has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004.

On Saturday, Trump spoke in Michigan, where Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized the president’s rhetoric after several of those present yelled “cage her in.”

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With just over two weeks to go, both Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have a full focus on the states that decide the election.

On Friday evening Norwegian time, Trump and Biden will meet for the second and final presidential debate before the election. Kristen Welker will lead the debate in Nashville.

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