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- A joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris is set to air on ABC this Sunday, during which Biden will promise to shut the country down if scientists recommend that step as necessary to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
- Biden will say that getting the COVID-19 virus under control is the key to the US recovering economically.
- The latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University show that more than 5.6 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the US, along with more than 175,000 deaths.
On Sunday night, less than 24 hours before the kickoff of the 2020 Republican National Convention, ABC will air a joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris. The interview was taped on Friday, the day after Biden delivered his firey-yet-hopeful acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, and the interview is already making major headlines thanks to the release of a few early clips, one of which has to do with a potential response to the coronavirus pandemic from a Biden-Harris administration.
At one point during the interview that viewers will see on Sunday -- which you can watch a clip from below -- Biden is asked whether he would get behind some sort of national stay-at-home mandate if scientists came to him and said that's what's needed to get the spread of COVID-19 under control. Biden doesn't hesitate during that exchange, and you can see him clearly respond: "I would shut (the country) down."
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Biden wants to lock down the country, and Virginia might mandate a vaccine originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 13:05:24 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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