COVID Update

Our first story on the outbreak in the VP's office, which has impacted at least 3 people > https://t.co/GVaRLNfC7c

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 25, 2020

You know it just starts there. This is the Trump Administration, after all.

America isn’t going to get to herd immunity all on its own. It takes leadership directly from the White House. https://t.co/cB7gcqrNSi

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 25, 2020

So Pence was in close contact with someone who tested positive today and he is going to campaign in NC tomorrow?!? What is wrong with these people? This violates CDC guidelines and the guidelines of the task force he is in charge of! Lord above. https://t.co/iJv5drhr2z

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 25, 2020

Well, it is the Trump Administration, isn’t it?

UPDATE: The total of aides around Pence in the coronavirus outbreak is up to FIVE people. Short, Obst and 3 additional VP office staff, per ppl briefed https://t.co/GVaRLNfC7c

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 25, 2020

It totally is.

pence hiding behind cdc to reject cdc guidance that he should quarantine to protect others. https://t.co/JU6EvYLAOV

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) October 25, 2020

And although I'm about as close to Atlanta as I am to El Paso (it's a big state), my sympathies are with El Paso:

New—Texas’s epidemic so bad now, Governor Abbott is requesting the help of a military hospital to help civilian hospitals in El Paso, which is experiencing a surge in #COVID19 cases and hospitalizations. pic.twitter.com/m76bRjsTZg

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 25, 2020

There's bound to be a plan for this, right?

After eight months of this pandemic, we finally found President Trump's plan to beat COVID-19. https://t.co/KO4g328Uvr

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 23, 2020

I’m gonna let you click on that. Because we need to end this here:

“It’s going to get a lot worse,” Dr. William Haseltine, a renowned infectious disease expert, told @OliviaMesser. “We’re looking at easily an excess of 100,000 infections a day and overwhelmed hospitals all over the country.” https://t.co/3D6GiJeTBs

— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) October 24, 2020

Not with a bang, but a whimper.