Editor,

I was just wondering when Biden was going to start the unity process he was so passionate about.

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Dirk van Ulden

Don't hold your breath, Joe. Have you also noticed that not a single one of the Trump haters on this forum has said anything positive about Biden? They are still beating up on Trump and on those of us who had the temerity to vote for him.

Tommy Tee

What? Biden has done more re. the pandemic in three weeks than Trump did in a year. Numbers are falling, vaccines are being rolled out. The previous WH had no national plan.

If Trump would have taken the same proactive stance as Biden, we'd be completely out of this thing. Instead, he further divided the nation and incited an insurrection.

It sure is nice waking up every day not worrying about what stupid thing Trump did or say.

Terence Y

Notice, Mr. van Ulden, how Tommy is trying to make Biden sound good by drafting off the vaccine development of the Trump administration? And then trying to spew fake news about Biden’s plan (which of course, nobody knows about)? As you’ve intimated, nothing positive about Biden.

Tafhdyd

Sorry Terence,

I guess you didn't see the news that the internal emails from the CDC confirmed what we, with our eyes open, knew all along. The Trump appointees purposely withheld info about the severity of the virus, made up false reports to make Trump look good, restricted what could be released to the public, ignored science, etc. etc. No one in their right mind would draft off of the Trump pandemic plan because there was none, other than Trump's personal gain at the expense of the nation. BTW, just the fact that Biden is not Trump is a HUGE positive.

Terence Y

Taffy, you mean the CDC that has been inflating COVID fatality numbers? The CDC that added people with the common cold to COVID infections? The CDC that failed to comply with federal laws regarding reporting and illegally enacted new rules so fatality totals are massively over reported? The CDC that outsourced data collection and allowed patients to be counted multiple times? I’ll take your CDC news with a grain of salt. BTW, I notice in your diatribe you still say nothing positive about Biden. Your Biden is not Trump line is worthless. Nobody is Trump but our great President Trump.

Tafhdyd

Terence,

Most of the CDC problems were brought on by Trump and his cronies. Trump might be your "great" president but he is also the south end of a northbound horse.

Terence Y

Taffy, I figured you’d try another lame excuse. You forgot to add that our great President Trump was also responsible for your gout, or when you stubbed your toe, or your tippling. If Trump is as you describe, I’d say you’re the same, but as a mare. BTW, still nothing positive about Biden? Thanks for proving Mr. van Ulden to be spot on about Trump haters.

Ray Fowler

Tommy

Scott Abramson's February 6 LTE addressed COVID vaccinations, but I didn't see any comments posted by you re: Scott's letter. No worries... everyone's gotta take a break.

We heard throughout the campaign that Joe Biden had a plan for the pandemic, yet it never saw the light of day. The reality is if a Democrat had been president in 2020, his or her administration's response would have been the same... limiting travel, ramping up production of PPEs and ventilators, pushing for a vaccine, etc.

I feel a suggestion that Joe Biden's response would have been so different that "we'd be completely out of this thing" is somewhat fanciful and without foundation. I wrote in response to Scott's letter...

Ask yourself... if Joe had a plan so different and so capable of turning things around, why wouldn't he share that plan with the country in the months before the election? Trump would not get credit for such a progressive way of dealing with the pandemic. Asked another way... if Joe had a plan to save a huge number of American lives, why wouldn't he announce it right away? It almost sounds like... the Trump administration is doing a bad job, and a Biden administration can do better... but you'll have to elect a new president to get the new plan.

Tafhdyd

Ray,

Still short on time but a quick reply. "...but you'll have to elect a new president to get the new plan." The same thing that Trump fooled over 60 million people with in 2016. Something like "only I can fix the nation and MAGA...".

Biden and the pandemic if he were in office. Yes, yes, yes, and yes. NO I don't think Biden would have blatantly lied to America and discount science to make himself look good. I guess we will never know if we would have been out of this by now considering the path Trump took, but IMO we would be closer to the end.

Ray Fowler

Tafhdyd

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt or the cops show up...

Where was the plan? There was none.

The Donald did campaign with the promise of a different plan, but none of those ideas dealt with a pandemic... apples and oranges.

Tafhdyd

Ray,

Apples and oranges, yes, but I prefer red wine and white wine. If there was a pandemic when Trump was running in 2016 he would have claimed he could cure it and if not he would blame it on someone else like everything he has done through out his life.

Rel

Ray, I have seen several commentaries from you espousing Biden did not have an announced plans for the pandemic. Untrue. Biden on several occasions in his campaign announced a plan to have all federal employees adhere to wearing masks and observe Covid protocols for the first 100 days. Further, he invited all Americans to do the same.

When elected, and the vaccine stocks were made known to him, he announced a plan to inoculate 1 million per day over the first 100 days. So far, he has nearly doubled the distribution.

Finally, Biden announced several plans to reverse Trump's executive orders in his first days which he fulfilled.

Ray Fowler

Federal employees were already wearing masks and Americans were already being encouraged to wear masks (don't forget that even Dr. Fauci had said earlier that wearing masks made little difference). That's not a plan, sorry.

Gosh... vaccinate more people as more vaccinations become available. What a novel idea! And I guess those doses just started showing up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after Jan. 20.

Whoops! I forgot. Joe Biden does have a plan. While medical experts have recommended reopening schools with implementation of protocols already available, President Biden says we can only open schools after the all the ventilation systems in those school have been reworked. Skrrrrip! (stylus on vinyl) There's no science in that... unless you want to include alchemy.

Schools are one of least likely workplaces for the spread of COVID. How much time and how much money would it take to rework the ventilation systems in all schools? Whoops, again. That would only be public schools because private schools are already open. You know, the schools where wealthy Democrats send their children...

Let's see... who would benefit from Joe Biden's "plan" to reopen schools? Could the answer be... unions? The Chicago teachers went on strike 16 months ago. Now, another strike is looming due to a lock out... not a lock down. Teachers claim they will be at risk in an environment that will have controls in place not available to many front line workers. Think about that the next time you go to the supermarket or the hardware store. That checker and that bagger are exposed to a daily parade of persons who are not screened and who are not required to wash before entering the store.

Gosh... teachers unions contributed millions of dollars to political campaigns last year. Let's see... which candidate received the greatest amount in contributions? Could the answer be... Joe Biden?

Terence Y

Well written, Mr. Guttenbeil. Unity is just a word to Biden and doesn’t mean anything, to him or his party. Just read the letter today from Ms. Speier. Unity, Black Lives Matter, and racism have become commonplace and don’t mean anything, anymore. Personally, I don’t think Biden will last four years. I’m predicting he’ll be impeached or otherwise relieved of duty. I think you've alluded, in your last paragraph, to just one reason for that relief.

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