Biden slams politicisation of COVID-19, says 'It's a virus, not a political weapon'

US democratic Presidential minee Joe Biden, on October 7, slammed politicisation of COVID-19 pandemic and urged lawmakers to t use deadly virus as a ‘political weapon’. In his speech in Gettysburg, Biden, who has been critical of President Donald Trump’s handling of pandemic, said that wearing a mask or maintaining social distance is t a ‘political statement’ but a ‘scientific recommendation’. He urged people to ‘follow science’ and ‘end politics’ and said ‘we can do so much better’. 

former vice president said, “Let's end politics and follow science. Wearing a mask is t a political statement. It's a scientific recommendation. Social distancing isn't a political statement. It's a scientific recommendation”. 

“Testing, tracing, development and approval, and distribution of a vaccine isn't a political statement. It is a science-based decision. We can't undo what has been done. We can't go back. But we can do so much better,” he added. 

Furr, 77-year-old said that pandemic is t a ‘red or blue state issue’. “It affects us all and can take anyone’s life. It’s a virus and t a political weapon,” he said. Biden also suggested that Trump was among a group of people in US who had thrown information about virus into an arsenal of tools to use in ‘total partisan unrelenting warfare’ and that he would, if elected, attempt to heal political and cultural divides that he hinted president helped create. 

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Trump administration conflicting mess 

Biden’s remarks came a day after Trump left Walter Reed Military National National Medical Center, where he had been hospitalised since Friday after testing positive for deadly disease. Upon returning to White House, Trump had immediately taken off his mask to pose for pictures before walking in. In a video, Republican leader had also suggested that disease is t that serious of a threat. 

Trump administration has been providing conflicting messs about mask-wearing over last five months. While health experts have repeatedly said that everyone should wear a mask to contain virus, Trump administration’s messs, however, has sown confusion and hampered country’s response to pandemic. Trump himself has repeatedly mocked Biden for wearing a mask, including at first presidential debate last week. 

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