Pence Begins Talks To End Corona Task Force: But Is It Too Soon?
This pandemic is still ongoing and there are projections that claim June is going to be a tough month on Americans with a CDC estimate claiming we may hit 3000 deaths a day come June. But States are opening as the need to keep our economy going and keep food on the table is starting to outweigh the need to safeguard against this virus. So now Pence is in talks to shut down the Corona Task Force. But is this a bit too soon considering these projected numbers and the fact that Americans are still going to need aid due to this pandemic in the coming months?
"Pence, who leads the task force and was answering questions about a New York Times report about the likely disbanding of the task force, said in the off-camera briefing that "conversations are being had about winding down the work for the task force," and the White House is looking at a possible Memorial Day "window."
"I think we're having conversations about that and about what the proper time is for the task force to complete its work and for the ongoing efforts to take place on an agency-by-agency level," the vice president told reporters. "And we've already begun to talk about a transition plan with FEMA. But it's — it really is all a reflection of the tremendous progress we've made as a country. The president stood up the White House Coronavirus Task Force to marshal — in January — to marshal a national response."
Trump later commented about the planned shutdown.
"I think we're looking at phase two and we're looking at other phases ... the task force has done a phenomenal job," he said, before touting the administration's work on ventilators and testing. But he was quick to add that he's not declaring a "mission accomplished."
Well, at least they are not saying this is the end of aid for this virus... If the CDC is right and June hits 3k a day that would be around 90k deaths in a month, more than doubling the death count. According to the CDC, we are up to 68k American deaths due to COVID-19, and sadly if these projections are correct then that's not even half of the Americans that will be killed by this Chinese originating virus.