Vice President Mike Pence denied that the increase in coronavirus cases in the states of the so-called “belt of the sun” of the United States were related to the premature reopening, when the numbers of infections were still high.
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The discussion occurred during an interview on the CBS program ‘Face the Nation’ this Sunday, when the journalist asked him the question directly about the relationship between the increase in numbers and the ” reopening” “too early”.
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Pence replied: “I know there is a temptation to associate new cases in the Sun belt (Florida, Texas, Arizona, California) with the reopening, but it’s important to remember that states like Florida and Texas actually started opening in early May. Most of those six weeks, John, we did it. I don’t see any significant movement, “referring to the statistics, which you can review in our updated map here.
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“In my conversations with the governors in Florida and in Texas, and in Arizona in particular, we are closely monitoring their hospitalization rate, and we continue to trust that they have the supplies and the support and capacity to deliver to people. level of care that any of us would like a family member to have, “continued the vice president in his interview, which recorded Axios.
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