Mike Pence just said the US is 'most comparable' to Italy now after the White House downplayed

[denem]

Source: Business Insider India

Mike Pence just said the US is 'most comparable' to Italy now after the White House downplayed the coronavirus threat for weeks

Vice President Mike Pence conceded on Wednesday that the US' coronavirus outbreak may be "most comparable" to Italy, the hardest-hit country in the world.

"We think Italy may be the most comparable area to the United States at this point," Pence told CNN on Wednesday.

More than 12,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Italy, where the healthcare system has been massively overwhelmed. For weeks, the president and other top US officials downplayed the threat the virus posed and insisted it had been or would be contained.

The White House announced on Tuesday that it predicts between 100,000 to 240,000 people could die in the US from the coronavirus even with strict social distancing measures in place.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/mike-pence-just-said-the-us-is-most-comparable-to-italy-now-after-the-white-house-downplayed-the-coronavirus-threat-for-weeks/articleshow/74938781

[dawg day]

1. I woke up when he said Italy

He drones so monotonously and goes on forever. I think he was trying to just slip in that very dire prediction that Fauci probably presented. "Maybe everyone has nodded off by now and won't hear me for once tell the truth.

[Lulu KC]

5. Laughing and crying

Perfect!

[gibraltar72]

2. Comforting news from the Albino.

[Javaman]

3. and with the houseplant (pence) in charge, boy do I feel safe...

[Lulu KC]

4. Note to self

Vote for smart people.

Seriously--I'm watching people I know personally slowly wake up--or not. People I thought were smart, just catching on to the intricacies of this event. People who are not smart not catching on. But the vice president of the United States being in the slow group is just killing me.

Preaching to the choir, stating the obvious, followed by head against wall smilie. Rinse and repeat.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Translation; we're in deep shit.

[generalbetrayus]

7. How many whip lashes will Mikey have to take from Donald tonight

for letting the truth slip out?

P.S. I can't get the business insider like to work.

[DallasNE]

8. The Numbers Are Exploding Right Now

For instance, 6 days ago Nebraska had 81 cases. 3 days ago they had 120. Today they have 214 cases. 6 days ago I projected Nebraska would be at 1,000 cases by the end of April. That now looks like a shoe-in. We are now more than double Italy, which is in 2nd place.

Another article said Trump made over 1,700 Tweets between January 1,2020 and March 1,2020. Not a single one of them contained a warning about Covid-19. Not one.