For Biden, a day of COVID reckoning is coming

FOR BIDEN, A DAY OF COVID RECKONING IS COMING. President Joe Biden has come up with a new set of measures to deal with the surge in COVID cases. The plan, which focuses mostly on assisting hospitals, home testing, and promoting vaccinations, is the latest evidence that Biden, who during the presidential campaign portrayed himself as an experienced leader who knew how to handle the pandemic, was not, in fact, prepared to handle the pandemic.

The simple fact is, Biden has failed to live up to his promises to control the pandemic. During his second debate with then-President Donald Trump, Biden pledged to "shut down the virus." After the candidates' first debate, Biden tweeted: "220,000 deaths. If you hear nothing else I say tonight, hear this: Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain President of the United States."

First, it was a slander to say that Trump was "responsible" for all U.S. deaths from COVID, which has killed millions around the world — about 5.3 million so far. Second, once Biden became president, the U.S. deaths did not stop. According to the CDC, on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021, the U.S. had suffered 424,401 deaths from COVID. Today, after 11 months of a Biden presidency, the number is 803,593. Biden did not shut down the virus.

Of course, a president cannot shut down a virus. Biden is not to blame for the roughly 380,000 U.S. deaths that have occurred so far during his presidency. But Trump was not to blame, either, and still, Biden blamed him for it. So if anyone wants to blame Biden for the deaths that have occurred since Jan. 20, 2021, blame away.