'Not a good start': Joe Biden calls it the N1H1 flu, Bernie confuses coronavirus and Ebola

Joe Biden started tonight’s debate off with a cough. Literally:

Joe Biden just started off the debate discussing Coronavirus with a dry cough … not a good start. ?

— Ari Herstand (@ariherstand) March 16, 2020

Biden starts with a cough ???. #DemocraticDebate

— Secular Talk (@KyleKulinski) March 16, 2020

The first thing Joe Biden did was cough without covering his mouth.

— Stay Home (@RyanHoulihan) March 16, 2020

Well, this is something that take on new meaning today:

Biden coughs into his hand about six works into his first response. The kind of thing we didn't notice a week ago.

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) March 16, 2020

Yikes:

Sanders wins. pic.twitter.com/w37MeP9cCm

— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) March 16, 2020

Biden then confused coronavirus with the H1N1 flu, which he called the N1H1 flu:

In the span of 10 seconds, Joe Biden:

– Mixes up the #coronavirus with the swine flu

– Mistakenly calls the H1N1 virus (swine flu) the "N1H1"

– Forgets the name of the Ebola virus, calling it "what happened in Africa"#DemDebate pic.twitter.com/O5cKNBPZSH

— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) March 16, 2020

And then Bernie confused Ebola with coronavirus:

People like to raise Biden’s confusion of words — and hey, fair point — but Sanders twice said Ebola when he meant #coronavirus.

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) March 16, 2020

We’re doomed.

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