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The health of the next US president has been raised over the weekend when Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
But the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, is keeping the crisis plan around his health a secret and also continues to campaign instead of being quarantined.
“Both presidential candidates should be open about this,” the Whit Ayres poll told the New York Times.
In the run-up to the US elections, the health of the presidential candidates has been a major issue. Especially considering Joe Biden is 77 and Donald Trump is 74. The topic became more relevant over the weekend than ever when Trump was hit by covid-19.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has for months been careful to show a responsible approach to the corona virus, writes the New York Times.
He wears mouth guards when in public places, does not hold crowded election rallies, and when he gives speeches reporters sit in the audience at a great distance from each other.
So far, the measures have been enough to keep the coronavirus presidential candidate healthy.
However, Biden continues his campaign rather than quarantine. Although he was exposed to the corona-sick president for 90 minutes during Tuesday’s debate. Something for which Biden is criticized and the NY Times writes that it may undermine his livelihood of putting health before politics.
At the same time, his election opponent, President Donald Trump, has mocked Biden for his mouthguard and held large and tight election rallies.
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Now Biden is coming under fire for continuing to travel and campaign, even though he met Trump who tested positive for the virus.
Keeps the crisis plan a secret
If Joe Biden won the election, he would have been the oldest newly elected American president in history. At the same time, there is a pandemic from which Biden is at risk.
However, Biden and his team have chosen not to release any details about the crisis plan that exists around Biden’s health. Biden’s staff has chosen not to respond to whether or not he is tested daily, the New York Times reports.
All the campaign has said is that he is being tested for the virus regularly. Also, they have only said that they will come out with their test results if it turns out that Biden has tested positive for the virus.
But on Saturday, after two days of refusal, the staff decided to publish her test results, which turned out to be negative. But Biden’s staff remains unanswered questions about the crisis plan regarding the Democratic candidate’s health.
When one of Biden’s campaign managers, Symone D. Sanders, was asked what would happen if Biden contracted the virus, she chose not to respond.
“Just as I would not discuss our safety plans on national television, I will not discuss our health plan in detail,” he told CNN.
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Biden’s staff are also criticized for not disclosing their crisis plan.
The experts: “Important”
Donald Trump has hidden his health from the electorate and no newspaper of the president has been made public. However, before the 2016 election, a letter from Trump’s doctors was published saying that he was “the healthiest presidential candidate of all time.” However, it was later revealed that he himself had dictated the letter.
Dr. Kelly Michelson of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine says Biden has a lot to gain by speaking out about his health.
– Generates trust in society and helps relieve fear and anxiety. I do not understand why one should not be transparent about what is happening. “I think it’s important for the public to know what’s going on,” he told the New York Times.
Republican pollster Whit Ayres says the health of the president and the presidential candidate is important information to the public.
– Both candidates should be open about this. Unsafe voters worry as much as others about the health of their president and potential president amid an ongoing pandemic, he tells the newspaper.
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Biden and Trump during the debate, just days before Trump was found to have covid-19.
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