Thread by @SenWarren, So that’s it, @VP Pence? You’re just going to close your eyes, [...]

So that’s it, @VP Pence? You’re just going to close your eyes, plug your ears, & pat yourself on the back for the public health catastrophe under your watch? This is as pathetic as it is reckless. https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/vice-president-mike-pence-op-ed-isnt-coronavirus-second-wave/

There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’ | The White House

In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a “second wave” of coronavirus infections. Such panic is overblown. Thanks to the lead

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/vice-president-mike-pence-op-ed-isnt-coronavirus-second-wave/

Coronavirus keeps spreading across the country. Hundreds of Americans are still dying every day. And Dr. Fauci confirmed to me last month that another wave of coronavirus is “inevitable.” @VP Pence shouldn’t be celebrating – he should be making a plan.

As head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, @VP Pence should be getting ready for the alarming possibility of another coronavirus wave on top of a bad flu season. I warned the Vice President to prepare last month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/health/senators-coronavirus-flu-fall/index.html

Democratic senators ask White House to prepare for a double dose of flu and coronavirus in fall

The White House should be getting the nation ready now for the double threat of influenza and coronavirus in the fall, a group of Democratic senators said in a letter on Thursday.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/health/senators-coronavirus-flu-fall/index.html

The White House has failed to obtain & distribute medical supplies. Last week I urged @COVID_Oversight to investigate Jared Kushner's Project Air Bridge after we found delays, incompetence, confusion, & ethics concerns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-seek-investigation-into-project-airbridge-deliveries-of-protective-medical-gear/2020/06/09/935b2454-a516-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

Senators seek investigation into Project Airbridge deliveries of protective medical gear

A request for an independent review was sent to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-seek-investigation-into-project-airbridge-deliveries-of-protective-medical-gear/2020/06/09/935b2454-a516-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

We need more COVID-19 tests, more PPE, & a vaccine – & a federal government that can distribute them at scale. Which is why Trump & @VP Pence should be using the DPA now & championing my bill to publicly manufacture COVID-19 supplies. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/30/21241842/coronavirus-covid-supply-shortages-ppe-elizabeth-warren

Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren has a plan to end mask and medicine shortages amid the Covid-19 crisis

The Democratic lawmakers want the government to take responsibility for manufacturing coronavirus supplies.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/30/21241842/coronavirus-covid-supply-shortages-ppe-elizabeth-warren

And if @VP Pence is bored, he could find out why @CDCgov still has huge gaps in its race & ethnicity data so we make sure our federal response is reaching Black & Brown communities hit hardest by this crisis. This shouldn’t wait until the August deadline. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/missing-data-veils-coronavirus-damage-to-minority-communities-316198

Missing data veils coronavirus damage to minority communities

The Trump administration is leaving big gaps in race and ethnicity information.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/missing-data-veils-coronavirus-damage-to-minority-communities-316198

The White House ignored the threat of COVID-19 until it was too late to stop it, left states without the equipment to fight it, & didn’t track its spread to contain it. Now they want to wave a magic wand & declare "Mission Accomplished."

Wake up & get to work, @VP Pence.

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