Staff Rushes to Clarify After Kamala Harris Slips and Says White House Didn’t Anticipate COVID Mutations

Vice President 👤Kamala Harris said Friday that the Biden administration was floored when variants rained on the administration’s parade after President 👤Joe Biden declared COVID-19 under control in July.

“We didn’t see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not — upon whose advice and direction we have relied — didn’t see Delta coming,” she said, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We didn’t see Omicron coming. And that’s the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants,” she said.

In a damage-control comment shared by CNN, what the network called a “Harris adviser” tried to explain away the comment.

“The vice president’s comments referred to the exact kind of mutation,” the adviser said.

“The administration knew mutations were possible, it’s the reason we ordered extra tests, extra gear and extra PPE. It is the reason the President, vice president and our entire administration warned early and often that the best way to get on the other side of the pandemic is to get vaccinated. We were and continue to be prepared.”