Biden's virus plan

Biden released his plan to fight the virus. It has five parts. First he will pursue a vaccine, second free and wide spread testings, third federal unemployment for those laid off, fourth personal protection equipment (PPE) for all in need and fifth wearing mask outside. Except for number five this is Trumps plan currently in force but Trump added research on prophylactics to treat those with the virus along with increased emphasis on seniors treating Eldercare facilities, nursing homes, senior living centers and hospitals with special attention. A claim can always be made that Trump did not act fast enough but Trump canceled flights from China in late January which Biden objected to but a month later agreed with the plan. On February 24 Pelosi gave a speech in China town and said, But also to say to everyone: we should come to Chinatown. Precautions have been taken by our city. We know that there is concern surrounding tourism, traveling all throughout the world, but we think it’s very safe to be in Chinatown and hope that others will come. In mid-March NYC mayor de Blasio told people to keep eating out in bars and restaurants. Another problem was the lack of masks. The US was supposed to have a large supply, But America was supposed to have its own supply of masks in the Strategic National Stockpile, a secretive stash of emergency supplies held in an undisclosed number of warehouses around the country. As of April 1, it was almost out. What happened. According to Bloomberg News, “after the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.” Even with the benefit of hind sight the Biden plan does not seem that much different from the Trump plan.