{"id":1072082,"date":"2021-12-01T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072082"},"modified":"2021-12-01T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T15:44:29","slug":"curl-biden-shows-exactly-how-not-to-handle-a-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curl-biden-shows-exactly-how-not-to-handle-a-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"CURL: Biden Shows Exactly How NOT To Handle A Crisis"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fcurl-biden-shows-exactly-how-not-to-handle-a-crisis%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=1072082&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>As news of a brand-new, and very contagious, variant of COVID-19 spread across the world on Friday \u2014 prompting the Dow to drop more than 900 points \u2014 President Joe Biden was nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>The president was, in fact, lounging at a billionaire\u2019s $20 million mansion on tony Nantucket.<\/p>\n<p>In the vaccum, the White House put out word that Biden had been informed about the new variant, while Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who serves as Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, initially said we needed more data for there to be any travel bans.<\/p>\n<p>But then Biden took a break from chilling to talk to the press (after, of course, the Dow had already plunged).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, what\u2019s your message to Americans on the new variant?\u201d one reporter asked midday Friday. \u201cAre you concerned about the variant, sir?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said, \u201cYou\u2019ve already gotten my release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reporters pressed, and Biden added: \u201cI\u2019ve decided that we\u2019re going to be cautious \u2014 make sure there is no travel to and from South Africa and six other countries in that region and \u2014 except for American citizens who are able to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the markets dropping, sir? The markets have dropped significantly today. What\u2019s your response to that?\u201d said another reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey always do when there\u2019s something \u2014 when COVID arises,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut does it worry you at all?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause why would it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s bravado was all too little too late.<\/p>\n<p>During Biden\u2019s silence, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who took over after Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace, declared a state of emergency. While the Omicron variant has not yet been detected in the U.S., Hochul said Friday that \u201cit\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the markets stabilized a bit on Monday, by midday Tuesday the Dow had dropped another 600 points. By then, New York City had reinstituted COVID mask advisory \u201cat all times\u201d indoors regardless of vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no Omicron cases here in New York City at this moment. It is very likely there will be, but there are no cases at this moment,\u201d Mayor Bill de Blasio said. \u201cOur entire focus once again is going to be on vaccination. Based on everything we know, vaccination is crucial to any strategy for addressing omicron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, no one was impressed with what Biden had to say when he finally did deliver a formal speech on the variant on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, there are three messages about the new variant that I want the American people to hear,\u201d Biden said at the White House. \u201cFirst, this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Too late for that. Mask mandates and states of emergency had already been declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond, the best protection \u2014 I know you\u2019re tired of hearing me say this \u2014 the best protection against this new variant or any of the \u2014 of the variants out there \u2014 the ones we\u2019ve been dealing with already \u2014 is getting fully vaccinated and getting a booster shot,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>But already, some top people, including the CEO of Moderna, which produced an effective vaccine against the first strains of COVID-19, are warning that the new variant may well bypass existing vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00e9phane Bancel predicted that there will be a \u201cmaterial drop\u201d in the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines now in use when put up against the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no world, I think, where [the effectiveness] is the same level\u2026 we had with Delta,\u201d Bancel told the Financial Times on Monday. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a material drop. I just don\u2019t know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I\u2019ve talked to\u2009\u2026 are like, \u2018This is not going to be good,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bancel \u201cfears that the antibodies Moderna\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine provides to fight against the virus could be eight times lower against the new strain,\u201d The Daily Mail reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden went on. \u201cThird, in the event \u2014 hopefully unlikely \u2014&nbsp;that updated vaccinations or boosters are needed to respond to this new variant, we will accelerate their development and deployment with every available tool,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But again, Bancel warned that it will take Moderna researchers from two to six weeks to learn how effective their vaccine is against Omicron. He also said it could take up to 90 days to create a new version of its COVID-19 vaccine to handle the new variant.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the happy words from Biden, Fauci \u2014 a real-life Debbie Downer \u2014 was telling everyone who would listen that \u201cwe need to prepare for the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s how NOT to handle a crisis.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl covered the White House for a dozen years and ran the Drudge Report for four years. He can be reached at josephcurl@dailywire.com and on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephcurl\">@JosephCurl<\/a>. A version of this article ran previously in<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As news of a brand-new, and very contagious, variant of COVID-19 spread across the world on Friday \u2014 prompting the Dow to drop more than 900 points \u2014 President Joe Biden was nowhere to be found.The president was, in fact, lounging at a billionaire\u2019s $20 million mansion on tony Nantucket.In the vaccum, the White House put out word that Biden had been informed about the new variant, while Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who serves as Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, initially said we needed more data for there to be any travel bans.But then Biden took a break from chilling to talk to the press (after, of course, the Dow had already plunged).\u201cMr. President, what\u2019s your message to Americans on the new variant?\u201d one reporter asked midday Friday. \u201cAre you concerned about the variant, sir?\u201dBiden said, \u201cYou\u2019ve already gotten my release.\u201dReporters pressed, and Biden added: \u201cI\u2019ve decided that we\u2019re going to be cautious \u2014 make sure there is no travel to and from South Africa and six other countries in that region and \u2014 except for American citizens who are able to come back.\u201d\u201cWhat about the markets dropping, sir? The markets have dropped significantly today. What\u2019s your response to that?\u201d said another reporter.\u201cThey always do when there\u2019s something \u2014 when COVID arises,\u201d Biden said.\u201cBut does it worry you at all?\u201d\u201cNot at all.\u201d\u201cWhy not?\u201d\u201cBecause why would it?\u201dBiden\u2019s bravado was all too little too late.During Biden\u2019s silence, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who took over after Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace, declared a state of emergency. While the Omicron variant has not yet been detected in the U.S., Hochul said Friday that \u201cit\u2019s coming.\u201dAlthough the markets stabilized a bit on Monday, by midday Tuesday the Dow had dropped another 600 points. By then, New York City had reinstituted COVID mask advisory \u201cat all times\u201d indoors regardless of vaccination status.\u201cThere are no Omicron cases here in New York City at this moment. It is very likely there will be, but there are no cases at this moment,\u201d Mayor Bill de Blasio said. \u201cOur entire focus once again is going to be on vaccination. Based on everything we know, vaccination is crucial to any strategy for addressing omicron.\u201dApparently, no one was impressed with what Biden had to say when he finally did deliver a formal speech on the variant on Monday.\u201cToday, there are three messages about the new variant that I want the American people to hear,\u201d Biden said at the White House. \u201cFirst, this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.\u201dToo late for that. Mask mandates and states of emergency had already been declared.\u201cSecond, the best protection \u2014 I know you\u2019re tired of hearing me say this \u2014 the best protection against this new variant or any of the \u2014 of the variants out there \u2014 the ones we\u2019ve been dealing with already \u2014 is getting fully vaccinated and getting a booster shot,\u201d Biden said.But already, some top people, including the CEO of Moderna, which produced an effective vaccine against the first strains of COVID-19, are warning that the new variant may well bypass existing vaccines.St\u00e9phane Bancel predicted that there will be a \u201cmaterial drop\u201d in the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines now in use when put up against the Omicron variant.\u201cThere is no world, I think, where [the effectiveness] is the same level\u2026 we had with Delta,\u201d Bancel told the Financial Times on Monday. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a material drop. I just don\u2019t know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I\u2019ve talked to\u2009\u2026 are like, \u2018This is not going to be good,\u2019\u201d he added.Bancel \u201cfears that the antibodies Moderna\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine provides to fight against the virus could be eight times lower against the new strain,\u201d The Daily Mail reported on Monday.Biden went on. \u201cThird, in the event \u2014 hopefully unlikely \u2014\u00a0that updated vaccinations or boosters are needed to respond to this new variant, we will accelerate their development and deployment with every available tool,\u201d he said.But again, Bancel warned that it will take Moderna researchers from two to six weeks to learn how effective their vaccine is against Omicron. He also said it could take up to 90 days to create a new version of its COVID-19 vaccine to handle the new variant.Despite all the happy words from Biden, Fauci \u2014 a real-life Debbie Downer \u2014 was telling everyone who would listen that \u201cwe need to prepare for the worst.\u201dAnd that\u2019s how NOT to handle a crisis.Joseph Curl covered the White House for a dozen years and ran the Drudge Report for four years. He can be reached at josephcurl@dailywire.com and on Twitter at @JosephCurl. A version of this article ran previously in The Washington Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}