Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders both accidentally called the coronavirus a virus from the past—SARS and ebola, respectively—while answering questions on the COVID-19 crisis during Sunday night's Democratic debate.
The Democratic presidential debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Sunday night saw a gaffe made by each candidate when addressing the spread of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. Both candidates referred to coronavirus as a previous virus."No one is in a position where they have a significant financial disability as a consequence of this SARS, of this particular crisis," Biden said during the 11th Democratic debate, hosted by CNN Sunday night.
During a follow-up segment, Sanders also misnamed the novel coronavirus that has resulted in the death of more than 6,500 individuals and infected over 150,000 people around the globe. "The ebola crisis, in my view, exposes the dysfunctionality of our health care system," Sanders said. The coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan City, which is in the Hubei Province of China. Since then, the virus hasmore than 160,000 people worldwide and is responsible for more than 6,500 deaths worldwide, mostly in China.
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