{"id":212063,"date":"2021-03-11T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=212063"},"modified":"2021-03-11T14:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T19:30:08","slug":"while-biden-waited-to-sign-covid-relief-bill-nearly-1500-americans-may-have-died-from-the-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-biden-waited-to-sign-covid-relief-bill-nearly-1500-americans-may-have-died-from-the-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"While Biden Waited to Sign COVID Relief Bill, Nearly 1,500 Americans May Have Died From the Virus"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwhile-biden-waited-to-sign-covid-relief-bill-nearly-1500-americans-may-have-died-from-the-virus%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=212063&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-318.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Nearly 1,500 Americans may have died from coronavirus while President Joe Biden waited to sign the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package.<\/p>\n<p>Biden signed the legislation into law on Thursday afternoon, roughly 24 hours after the House approved it on a party-line vote. The president was originally scheduled to sign the bill on Friday, but the ceremony was abruptly moved up without explanation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Politics<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/biden-covid-death-scandal\/\"><strong>While Biden Waited to Sign COVID Relief Bill, Nearly 1,500 Americans May Have Died From the Virus<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/lawmaker-demands-investigation-into-actblue\/\"><strong>Lawmaker Demands Investigation Into ActBlue<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/nervous-pentagon-nominee-weighs-private-outreach-to-menendez-romney\/\"><strong>Nervous Pentagon Nominee Weighs Private Outreach to Menendez, Romney<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to data compiled by the <em>New York Times<\/em>, 1,477 Americans died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, March 10. Over the past week, the virus has killed 1,536 Americans per day on average.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/04\/while-senate-reads-coronavirus-relief-bill-nearly-1400-americans-may-die-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> last week that &#8220;nearly 900 Americans may have died from the virus&#8221; in the 10 hours and 44 minutes it took the Senate to read the legislation, as requested by Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.). Regrettably, that is less than half the amount of time Biden waited to sign the legislation. The&nbsp;<em>Post<\/em>\u2018s calculation would put the total death toll from Biden&#8217;s delay at closer to 2,000 American lives lost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this moment, on this issue, time can be measured in human lives,&#8221; wrote <em>Post<\/em> correspondent Philip Bump. &#8220;It&#8217;s not the case that those lives would have been saved had the bill passed sooner. But it is the case that more immediate assistance for things like vaccines or bolstering people&#8217;s bank accounts is better than slower relief. Again, the question isn&#8217;t if the bill passes, it&#8217;s when. In that context, the argument for an 11-hour delay isn&#8217;t a robust one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The<em>&nbsp;Post<\/em> has yet to calculate the human cost of Biden&#8217;s 24-hour delay in this same context, let alone the relative robustness of his argument for waiting so long.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 120,000 American <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/biden-covid-death-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have died<\/a> from COVID-19 since Biden took office, the equivalent of two Vietnam Wars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 1,500 Americans may have died from coronavirus while President Joe Biden waited to sign the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. 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