Posted on 02/18/2022 6:35:45 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
President Joe Biden has extended the national emergency for COVID-19, saying the pandemic – which has claimed nearly 1 million lives in the United States alone – continues to cause significant risk to public health and safety.
The national emergency was first declared by his predecessor, Donald Trump, on March 13, 2020, to free up to $50 billion in federal aid and would have automatically expired on March 1. Biden’s decision extends the declaration for another year, unless he decides to end it at an earlier date.
“There remains a need to continue this national emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to the public health and safety of the nation,” Biden said in a letter to Congress. “More than 900,000 people in this nation have perished from the disease and it is essential to continue to combat and respond to COVID-19 with the full capacity and capability of the federal government.”
The move comes as many states and cities are ending their own emergency declarations against COVID-19. Mask mandates have been dropped in most parts of the country and California has announced that it’s moving to an “endemic” policy for living with COVID-19. Experts, however, warn that new variants are likely to emerge.
Biden is a senile POS.
Trudeau the Eldest needs to keep his emergency powers.
“which has claimed nearly 1 million lives in the United States alone...”
Bullshit.
I thought you were going to shut the virus down you numbnut.
A.k.a. war powers.
Move those goal posts!
The government and the health care industry “experts” have done literally nothing to improve the situation. In fact, it’s highly likely that their actions caused MORE people to die than if they had just done nothing. But sure, extend that emergency declaration , for …. absolutely no discernible purpose (other than to further cement their dictatorial power).
Never let a crisis go to waste…. This crisis cannot end. It is the rats method to control.
Gorebal Warning is a Climate Emergency and will be the next reason to keep fascism in effect.
Aren’t “Emergencies” Grand?
Circling the Potomac Drain. What a horrible excuse for a man.
15 Days to Slow the Spread
yeah? well his extension AND five bucks will get him a cup of burnt coffee at Starsucks too...
Over 2000 died of (not with) Covid today in the US. I dunno what the number would need to dip to for the “emergency” threshold. I suspect 1999 isn’t it.
This man is a moron.
Keeping the Government Money Pipe open . . .
In the next election 2 things will happen either 1) biden will declare a “national emergency” and instate Martial Law so there will be no election or 2) he will say “citizens” should vote but “residents” should get to vote too. Thereby letting all the 2 million illegals vote.
worse mistake Trump made: invoking a national emergency. That action has caused all of this b.s.
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