With the November election fewer than four months away and the number of coronavirus cases surging, Joe Biden is preparing for a range of realities when it comes to dealing with the virus if he is elected, an official says.
in the United States, former vice president Joe Biden is preparing for a range of realities when it comes to dealing with the virus if he is elected president, according to an official.
"They've advised the vice president that you know there have been encouraging signs around some of the candidate"So we have to make provision for there being a vaccine and do the heavy lifting of what it's going to take once it's identified to get it to everyone, and we also have to make provision for there not being a vaccine and to have to live in a world where we're still trying to get the pandemic under control," the official added.
The plan reiterates many of the principles and priorities Biden has outlined in speeches and previous policies, including the more aggressive use of the Defense Production Act to manufacture Personal Protective Equipment for front-line workers.
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