Joe Biden slams Donald Trump for playing golf instead of smooth transition amid pandemic: 'More people will die'
President-elect Joe Biden has blamed the cause of vaccine questioners on Donald Trump as the President insists that he wants to "set an example". Biden spoke in a televised speech on Monday, November 16, and revealed that he would not "hesitate" to get vaccinated. He also said that the only reason anyone would question the injection would be down to Trump. While speaking to reporters, he said, "The only reason people question the vaccine now is because of Donald Trump."
He also called out Trump for playing golf while the Covid-19 stimulus package stalls and had said "more people may die if we don't coordinate" a transition. Biden shared that "the sooner we have access to the administration’s distribution plan, the sooner this transition will smoothly move forward."
According to data from John Hopkins University, there are 11,202,109 cases of coronavirus across the United States so far and 247,175 deaths.
Biden recently warned that "more people may die" if Trump continues to block efforts to plan a peaceful transition of power as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. "As you battle Covid-19, we have to make sure that businesses and workers have the tools, the resources and the national guidance and health and safety standards to operate safely," he said.
He shared how the coronavirus had continued to spread at an "almost unabated' rate and that a national plan was required. According to Biden and his aides, they have unsuccessfully been able to obtain details regarding the vaccine distribution plan that is being developed by Trump's administration.
Biden called the vaccine distribution a "huge, huge undertaking" and shared that if his team had to wait until he takes office to get into the government's distribution plan, they would be "behind, over a month, month-and-a-half". He added, "So it's important that it be done, that there be coordination now, as rapidly as we can get that done."
Biden had also given an outline of his plans to alleviate inequality as well as boost the US economy but had pointed out that any structural reforms depend on first reigning in the pandemic and delivering immediate relief for the same. "Once we shut down the virus and deliver economic relief to workers and businesses, then we can start to build back better than before," he added.
We had earlier reported that Trump has remained adamant on his stand not to concede defeat against Joe Biden, claiming that the November 3 election was rigged in favor of his Democratic rival. This gridlock has left America Inc alarmed.
While a few of the country’s CEOs have made public statements about the incumbent’s refusal to step down, many have expressed alarm in private and are discussing what collective action would be required if they see democracy facing a threat in the country, according to an AP report.
More than two dozen chief executives of major corporations in the US participated in a video conference to talk about the future course of action if Trump refused to vacate the White House or takes steps to extend his stay in the office beyond Inauguration Day, which is January 20, as we had reported earlier.