{"id":1057254,"date":"2021-11-26T12:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057254"},"modified":"2021-11-26T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:29:18","slug":"joe-biden-silent-about-banning-flights-from-africa-to-stop-coronavirus-variant-as-he-holes-up-in-nantucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-silent-about-banning-flights-from-africa-to-stop-coronavirus-variant-as-he-holes-up-in-nantucket\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Silent About Banning Flights from Africa to Stop Coronavirus Variant as He Holes Up in Nantucket"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-silent-about-banning-flights-from-africa-to-stop-coronavirus-variant-as-he-holes-up-in-nantucket%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden remains silent about the possibility of banning flights from Africa as a new variant of the coronavirus has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>The president remains on his extended Thanksgiving vacation on Nantucket island at a $30 million compound with his extended family, having no events on his public schedule.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new variant from Africa is officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/26\/covid-variant-emerges-in-south-africa-heres-what-we-know-so-far.html\">called<\/a> B.1.1.529 and has no settled name to identify it.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (W.H.O.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/who-meeting-friday-designate-new-variant-b11529-2021-11-26\/\">cautioned<\/a> against travel bans until more information about the variant was available, but some countries have already acted quickly to prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13161012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/switzerland-china-virus-outbreak-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-director-of-health-organization.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13161012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/switzerland-china-virus-outbreak-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-director-of-health-organization.png\" alt=\"W.H.O. chief\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 (Salvatore Di Nolfi\/Keystone via AP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United Kingdom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b8ca4536-07b2-463f-bb44-8159aaec89ab\">announced<\/a> a decision Friday to ban travel from some African countries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u2019s coronavirus adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/us-health-officials-discuss-covid-19-variant-with-south-african-scientists-fauci-2021-11-26\/?taid=61a0e4e1a5e4bc0001bd5baf&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\">told<\/a> CNN on Friday that the United States had not made a decision about a possible travel ban but that he wanted to wait until there was enough data to support a travel ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s certainly something you think about and get prepared to do. You\u2019re prepared to do everything you need to protect the American public. But you want to make sure there\u2019s a basis for doing that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2021\/11\/08\/exclusive-peter-navarro-millions-died-because-sociopath-fauci-withheld-details-wuhan-lab-trump-administration\/\">advised<\/a> against a travel ban from China when former President Donald Trump enacted one in late January.<\/p>\n<p>More people have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/24\/new-york-times-admits-more-coronavirus-deaths-under-joe-biden-despite-vaccines\/\">died<\/a> from the coronavirus in 2021 under Biden\u2019s leadership than under former President Donald Trump\u2019s leadership, despite the widespread availability of vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and first lady Jill Biden shared a Thanksgiving video on their social media accounts recognizing the lives lost to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we give thanks for what we have, we also keep in our hearts those who we\u2019ve lost and those who have lost so much and those who have an empty seat at their kitchen table or dining room table this year because of this virus,\u201d Biden said:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WhiteHouse\/videos\/672770430356254\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"6.9473684210526\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WhiteHouse\/videos\/672770430356254\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"7.8157894736842\">\n<p>A Thanksgiving message from the President and First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/103330571735795\">The White House<\/a> on Thursday, November 25, 2021<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden remains silent about the possibility of banning flights from Africa as a new variant of the coronavirus has emerged. 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