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democrattotheend

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7. In fairness, Biden said "SARS" at one point when he meant coronavirus
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 10:36 PM
Mar 2020

Not sure why they both stumbled on it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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Did BS just make a simple mistake or is he really having head problems? trueblue2007 Mar 2020 #1
Biden put a voodoo spell on him. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #3
LOL!! peggysue2 Mar 2020 #18
Like the spell Ron Paul put on Rick Perry DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #20
Biden is just burying Bernie with competence. R B Garr Mar 2020 #2
i don't EVER want another BS surrogate to say that Biden is "senile" ... those are lies. trueblue2007 Mar 2020 #4
Biden's vocabulary is far superior to Bernie showblue22 Mar 2020 #5
Those were always lies as were the stamina questions peggysue2 Mar 2020 #19
Did he really call Biden "senile"? Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #6
He always has his underlings do the dirty work. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #9
his surrogates and the BERNIE BROS on facebook and twitter call Biden Senile. I have seen with my trueblue2007 Mar 2020 #11
In fairness, Biden said "SARS" at one point when he meant coronavirus democrattotheend Mar 2020 #7
The actual name of the current coronavirus is SARS-CoV-2, so Biden was not really incorrect. NT. andym Mar 2020 #8
But he corrected himself democrattotheend Mar 2020 #14
Yes he did: the disease is covid-19, the virus that causes it is SARS-CoV-2 andym Mar 2020 #15
SARS equals Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Which COVID is. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #10
Sometimes on DU it's necessary to educate folks. oasis Mar 2020 #12
The scientific name for this strain of coronavirus has "SARS" in it. nt Blue_true Mar 2020 #13
Clearly, Joe Biden has been reading MORE than just a "talking points" white paper. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #16
I am really happy that he just totally handled Sanders in the debate last night. Blue_true Mar 2020 #17
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