Don Wanyama

In June this year, then Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden announced that he would not hold rallies because of the rising Covid-19 cases in the USA. At that time, infections stood at 2,400,000 cases, with 122,000 deaths in the USA alone. This announcement, as was expected, caused consternation in his political camp, especially considering that the do-or-die election was only five months away, opinion polls calling a tight race and yet incumbent President Donald Trump had vowed he would continue with rallies—and not even contracting the virus later would stop him. Despite protests by some of his handlers, now…