Of joe biden as the 46th president of the United States. Tonight as we move ever closer to a second Covid Vaccine we are also on the threshold of a sad new milestone. Almost 17 million confirmed coronavirus cases in our country. Sadly, over just the past 24 hours, weve lost another 3200 people, roughly one death now every 27 seconds in america. The onslaught of the virus has hospitals in this nation under siege as coronavirus admissions are reaching new record levels. Consider this. Exactly six months ago today in an oped piece for the wall street journal, do you remember . Vice president mike pence downplayed what was then the summer surge as we referred to it back when medical experts were warning everyone of the risks of not getting the virus under control. Heres what pence wrote back then, and we quote. The media has tried to scare the American People every step of the way, and these grim predictions of a second wave are no different. The truth is whatever the media says our whole
Sadly, over just these past 24 hours, weve lost another 3,200 people, roughly one death now every 27 seconds in america. The onslaught of the virus has hospitals in this nation under siege as coronavirus admissions are reaching new record levels. Consider this. Exactly six months ago today in an oped piece for the wall street journal, do you remember . Vice president mike pence downplayed what was then the summer surge as we referred to it back when medical experts were warning everyone of the risks of not getting the virus under control. Heres what pence wrote back then, and we quote, the media has tried to scare the American People every step of the way, and these grim predictions of a second wave are no different. The truth is, whatever the media says, our whole of america approach has been a success. Weve slowed the spread. Weve cared for the most vulnerable. Weve saved lives. And weve created a Solid Foundation for whatever challenges we may face in the future. Just a reminder, mi