There were other leaders at that time. This was a global issue. Other than extreme measures that were taken in places like Australia and New Zealand, nothing really worked. Biden did a poor job even though the vaccine was ready when he took office. More people died in 2021 compared to 2020. Other than better leadership vibes and optics, …
There were other leaders at that time. This was a global issue. Other than extreme measures that were taken in places like Australia and New Zealand, nothing really worked. Biden did a poor job even though the vaccine was ready when he took office. More people died in 2021 compared to 2020. Other than better leadership vibes and optics, I don't agree with the argument that another President would have achieved significantly better results in 2020.
Biden didn’t help much after the vaccine rollout, declaring it over prematurely. So yeah, someone stronger and more capable than Biden in place when it hit, which would’ve improved eventual vaccine uptake as well, being Trump supporters drove vaccine denial. (To be fair, a Biden admin wouldn’t have gutted the Obama pandemic protocols. Biden even tweeted in October 2019 we weren’t prepared for a global pandemic. Look it up.) Anyone doing the polar opposite of the particular performative foot-dragging and willful undermining Trump engaged in from the get-go, which Josh oddly labels “mostly satisfactory” (unless he strictly means the big policy moves in a vacuum, warp speed and stimulus (?), then okay), an engaged, more impervious to public opinion leader than Biden, certainly. I’m saying there’s a plausible scenario where it could’ve gone far better, pre and post vaccine. I get it’s theoretical Monday morning quarterbacking, but it isn’t out of the realm of possibility we could’ve had more successful proactive leadership.
There were other leaders at that time. This was a global issue. Other than extreme measures that were taken in places like Australia and New Zealand, nothing really worked. Biden did a poor job even though the vaccine was ready when he took office. More people died in 2021 compared to 2020. Other than better leadership vibes and optics, I don't agree with the argument that another President would have achieved significantly better results in 2020.
Biden didn’t help much after the vaccine rollout, declaring it over prematurely. So yeah, someone stronger and more capable than Biden in place when it hit, which would’ve improved eventual vaccine uptake as well, being Trump supporters drove vaccine denial. (To be fair, a Biden admin wouldn’t have gutted the Obama pandemic protocols. Biden even tweeted in October 2019 we weren’t prepared for a global pandemic. Look it up.) Anyone doing the polar opposite of the particular performative foot-dragging and willful undermining Trump engaged in from the get-go, which Josh oddly labels “mostly satisfactory” (unless he strictly means the big policy moves in a vacuum, warp speed and stimulus (?), then okay), an engaged, more impervious to public opinion leader than Biden, certainly. I’m saying there’s a plausible scenario where it could’ve gone far better, pre and post vaccine. I get it’s theoretical Monday morning quarterbacking, but it isn’t out of the realm of possibility we could’ve had more successful proactive leadership.