Biden has advocated that any vaccine be equitably distributed and that its development be free from political pressure. The president also claimed, incorrectly, that the virus mainly affects older people with heart problems — contradicting what he told Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward in an interview in March. “It affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems. Take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. It’s an amazing thing.”In a March 19 call with Woodward, Trump acknowledged that he had publicly played down the risk posed by the virus and said it affects “plenty of young people” as well as the elderly.

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2020 04:17 UTC