[LATimes] Kamala Harris, in interview, says administration did not anticipate Omicron variant

She thought Rodimus Prime killed Omicron with the Matrix
@Xerobull

 

Shocking lol. She's a complete buffoon

 

He put the Allvax in his chest first.

 

Im too lazy to dig it up, but there were lots of people here defending her prior to the election, despite her being one of the first major candidates to drop out.

At least the mainstream republicans knew sarah palin was a complete joke

 

I wouldn't call her a complete buffoon, but this is very close to it. Politically naive/blind and factually wrong.

 

I can agree with her about the degree of misinformation out there but that variants were going to arise was something that was known for a long time already. Even last winter there was talk of variants arising in the UK.

I look at this as akin to what happened in Afghanistan. The admin was locked into a narrative that they wanted even if there was obvious evidence against it. What matters though is how they address it and so far I don’t fault them for the steps they are taking. Continuing to push vaccination including boosters. Making federal funds and aid available to overwhelmed States.

 

WTF is wrong with not anticipating it? Who anticipated it? I hope you're not an anti mask mandate guy.

@Space Ghost

What was she or the administration supposed to do about a variant that's not here? What is the issue? It's a virus not a dictator. Who knows what it's gonna do?

 

There is nothing to do till the variant appears.

What mistakes did the administration make?

 

I mean if saying this is a scandal to you guys then they must be doing a great job because this is some serious nit picking… especially coming out of 4 years of Trump lying through his dentures every day.

Everyone on the health side of the admin I’m sure anticipated more variants. On the political side maybe they hadn’t yet had a political strategy meeting about how to message for a variant on top of a variant this early but at least she’s being honest about that. On the health and science side though you really are just looking to be critical just to be critical if you think people like Dr. Fauci are surprised at another mutation.

 

Exactly.

Plus, we had plenty of warnings of Delta (India) and Omicron (S.Afri). She might be speaking from a diff PoV, but how she said it can be interpreted as the admin wasn't prepared, which is factually wrong. I'm 100% sure the CDC knows about the risk of variants, and we saw that the admin often talks about these variants coming and taking action. That's where she is factually wrong along with being politically blind.

 

revisionist history on your part; the RNC nominated the ultimate quitter from Alaska for the VP spot;
and that's after she had said publicly that she can see Russia from her backyard, and that she was surprised to learn that there was a N and S Korea

 

I don't think that's the case. The summer was under control. No one wanted ongoing restrictions forever. Proceed with real-time information - when risk is down, restrictions should go down too, and vice-versa.

Then Delta happens. That blew up everything. The variant risk was known to be very real, and the solution was very simple - get as many vaccinated as possible. The admin met and exceeded their initial goal and escalated that push when Delta was approaching, but eventually, the headwind of misinformation, disinformation, and Republican political position against mandated or "passport" to increase vaccination was too strong. The one thing I do criticize the admin is a lack of quick free testing for all - I think that would greatly help slow down spread.

 

$25-billion foreclosure settlement was a signature achievement for Kamala Harris

In September 2011, Harris pulled California out of the nationwide mortgage settlement talks after a coalition of state attorneys general and federal agencies spent nearly a year trying to hammer out a deal with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers: The banks were accused of using illicit tactics to wrongfully foreclose on homeowners.

Harris made the decision to pull out of the talks after she met personally with representatives from the banks, saying that
the deal they were offering would have provided just $2 billion to $4 billion to California. Harris has dismissed the deal as “crumbs on the table.”​

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When the nationwide mortgage settlement was reached more than four months later, California had secured separate commitments from the three biggest mortgage servicers — Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co----close to $25 billion​

the $25 billion settlement for Calif makes other state AG look like dumb asses

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I love how conservatives blame her for the politicization of the vaccine. Like where were they the last 2 years?

 

To add, while vaccination should have been the easy solution, there were also other activities that the public probably don't hear much about. Antiviral was also another push by the Biden admin with billions in investment there. We are almost there. EUA should be just around the corner for paxlovid (Europe just approved it for emergency use).

 

consider the source, ur silent when Orange hair said

• COVID was a hoax created by China
• ingesting cleaning solution to fight to virus

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