Mr. Biden - President Trump's new corona infection is "his own personal responsibility"

Recently CNN.co.jp reported the following:

バイデン氏、トランプ大統領の新型コロナ感染は「本人の責任」

2020.10.06 Tue posted at 17:47 JST

 （ＣＮＮ） 米大統領選の野党・民主党候補、バイデン前副大統領は５日夜、遊説先の米フロリダ州で、トランプ米大統領が新型コロナウイルスに感染したのは本人の責任との見方を示した。

バイデン氏は同州マイアミでの市民集会で、「マスクや対人距離の確保は重要でないという主旨の発言をしながら感染する人は、自分自身に起きることに対して責任があるというのが私の考えだ」と述べた。

トランプ氏の感染が２日に判明してから、バイデン氏が同氏に向けて発した最も直接的な批判といえる。

バイデン氏は壇上でマスクを掲げ、「このマスクを着けることは私自身を守るというより、愛国心に基づく責任と考える」とも語った。

トランプ氏が退院の直前、ツイッターで「新型ウイルス感染症を恐れるな。生活を支配されるな」と呼び掛けたことについては、「新型ウイルスが問題ではないと解釈する人がいないことを願う」「これは深刻な問題だ。国際的なパンデミックだ」と強調した。

バイデン氏はここ３カ月間、週に３回は電話やオンライン会議で専門家の話を聴いてきたと話し、トランプ氏の行動からみて感染は「驚きではない」との認識を示した。

さらに、米国内ではこれまでに２１万人を超える死者が出ていると指摘。「このまま何も変わらなければ、年末までにさらに２０万人が亡くなる。そんなことになれば、第２次世界大戦で４年間に出た死者の数を１年で上回ることになる」と訴えた。

 Translation

(CNN) Former Vice President Joe Biden, a candidate for the Democratic Party of the United States, said on the night of the 5th in Florida, the destination of giving a speech that it was the US President Donald Trump’s own responsibility for being infected with in the new Coronavirus.

At a civic rally in Miami in Florida, Biden said, " It's my idea that people who get infected while saying that masks and interpersonal distance are not important are responsible for what happens to them. "

This was the most direct criticism that Biden had made against Trump since his infection was confirmed on the 2nd.

Biden displayed a mask on the stage and said, "I think wearing this mask is more of a patriotic responsibility than protecting myself."

Just before Mr. Trump was discharged from the hospital, he said on Twitter, "Don't be afraid of the new virus infection. Don't get your life controlled." And stressed that "I hope no one interprets the new virus as not a problem"; "This is a serious problem. It's an international pandemic. "

Biden said he had listened to experts on the phone and in online meetings three times a week for the past three months, perceiving that Trump’s infection was "not a surprise" given the latter’s actions.

Furthermore, he pointed out that more than 210,000 people had died in the United States so far. He said, "If nothing changes, another 200,000 people will die by the end of the year. If that happens, that would exceed the number of deaths in the four years of World War II in one year".

              I love and support the viewpoints expressed by Biden that “wearing a mask is more of a patriotic responsibility than protecting oneself”. And also, that “ the people who get infected while saying that masks and interpersonal distance are not important are responsible for what happens to them”.