Joe Biden, sitting near the logo of the entirely made-up “Office of the President-Elect,” made a grim proclamation today about what’s in store for the next 29 days:
“I don't want to scare anybody here but understand the facts: we're likely to lose another 250,000 people, dead, between now and January, because people aren't paying attention,” Biden said during an economic round table on coronavirus pandemic. pic.twitter.com/UQ5NbF2OQY
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 2, 2020
Really? Yes, really:
President-elect Biden during coronavirus roundtable:
“I don’t want to scare anybody, but understand the facts: We're likely to lose another 250,000 people dead between now and January. You hear me? Because people aren't paying attention.” pic.twitter.com/Kmrbje6AYZ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 2, 2020
250,000 in the next three-plus weeks? But no, he’s not trying to scare anybody.
Did Biden mix up his numbers again or….? https://t.co/rlhLPYg4l9
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) December 2, 2020
Hmm, maybe Joe’s privy to some “science” that nobody else is aware of.
250K dead in a month? That doesn't seem to follow the science we've seen thus far… https://t.co/qkdVxZEi0u
— Brittany (@bccover) December 2, 2020
I have not seen any science-based estimate that 250,000 people are going to die from the coronavirus here in December. That would nearly double the number that have died throughout the entire pandemic this year. https://t.co/La11HSIb5p
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) December 2, 2020
This fear-mongering sponsored by Imperial College https://t.co/cx3WYMsNzl
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) December 2, 2020
hm seems like dangerous misinformation to me https://t.co/U7wCgr4m1v
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) December 2, 2020
Are we still doing the whole "without evidence" thing or nah? https://t.co/1JaMoiNhpa
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) December 2, 2020
It looks like the answer this time is “nah.”
