Pence: Panic over second coronavirus wave 'overblown' (June)

[TomCADem]

Talk about not aging well. Just over a month ago Republicans were vigorously defending their demands to rapidly reopen evan as case numbers were going up.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503003-pence-panic-over-second-coronavirus-wave-overblown

Vice President Pence on Tuesday blamed the media for stoking concerns of a "second wave" of coronavirus in the United States, insisting in an op-ed that the Trump administration's response has been successful even as infections are climbing in several states.

The vice president, who leads the White House coronavirus task force, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that panic over a rebound in coronavirus cases is "overblown" while touting the administration's handling of the pandemic.

"Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the courage and compassion of the American people, our public health system is far stronger than it was four months ago, and we are winning the fight against the invisible enemy," Pence wrote.

Experts have disputed that the country is facing a second wave, instead expressing concern that the country never fully got past the first wave of infections. There have been more than 2.1 million cases in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University data, and more than 116,000 people in the country have died from the virus.

[napi21]

1. Not true pi**ant Pence! Ga #'s we down a lot in early June, now our ICU's are maxed OUT! I look at

any map of where the virus cases are high & there's a whole lot of RED! Tell your boss he needs to make some national plans. He can't stay out in left field forever.

[spanone]

2. hey mike, the panic just might be because 158,000 people in the US have died, you crazy shit.

'thanks to the leadership of president trump'....fuck you mike

[jmg257]

3. Screw you, Pence - I'd love to get though the 1st wave, first.

[secondwind]

4. How would you know, MIKEY? Any tidbits, hints or FACTS??

[underpants]

5. Didn't his campaign bus hit a garbage truck last week?

Boy, you don’t get much more fitting than that.

[Vogon_Glory]

6. God help us, we're still in the first wave

I expect the second wave During what we called flu season last year when it turns colder.