However leaving no room between the vice chairman and the president on the risk from the virus, Mr. Pence’s aides mentioned the plan introduced on
However leaving no room between the vice chairman and the president on the risk from the virus, Mr. Pence’s aides mentioned the plan introduced on Monday by the Fee on Presidential Debates for him and Ms. Harris to debate whereas sitting greater than a dozen ft aside and behind plexiglass dividers to forestall any viral transmission was pointless.
“We don’t assume it’s wanted,” mentioned Marc Quick, Mr. Pence’s chief of employees. “There’s no science to help it. The tables are 12 ft aside and every participant is examined. It’s essential for the American those that the talk go ahead, and if she’s extra comfy with plexiglass, than that’s superb.”
In his tweet on the flu, Mr. Trump mentioned, “Many individuals yearly, generally over 100,000, and regardless of the Vaccine, die from the Flu,” and he added that it didn’t lead to shutting the nation down. “No, we’ve realized to stay with it, identical to we’re studying to stay with Covid, in most populations far much less deadly!!!” Mr. Trump wrote.
Mr. Trump’s determine for flu deaths was extremely deceptive. In line with C.D.C. figures, in a typical 12 months over the previous decade, fewer than 50,000 People died from influenza. Deaths peaked at an estimated 61,000 within the 2017-18 season — or lower than one-third the toll from the coronavirus in an America the place widespread precautions have been in impact for months. With out them, many specialists say, the coronavirus dying toll may have reached into the thousands and thousands.
Mr. Trump additionally upended the stimulus talks in Congress with a collection of tweets through which he accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of “not negotiating in good religion” and urged Senate Republicans to focus solely on confirming his nominee to the Supreme Courtroom, Decide Amy Coney Barrett.
Mr. Trump mentioned he had instructed his aides to cease negotiating on the stimulus, sending the S&P 500 down 1.four p.c for the day.
“Our Financial system is doing very effectively,” Mr. Trump tweeted because the market fell. “The Inventory Market is at file ranges, JOBS and unemployment additionally coming again in file numbers. We’re main the World in Financial Restoration, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York, and Lara Jakes and Emily Cochrane from Washington.