Both Vice President Joe Biden and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders have announced changes to their campaign strategies in the hopes of trying to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Biden announced that his campaign offices will be closed to the public while Sanders plans to have his staff work remotely.
All of Biden’s offices, including the headquarters as well as field offices, will not be available to members of the public starting on Saturday, according to ABC. Further, the Sanders campaign, in addition to having the staff work from home, revealed that it will no longer hold big events or go canvassing door to door, according to Mike Casca, the communications manager.
“Our campaign will continue to organize voters across the country through phone banking, text messaging, virtual events, and other distributed organizing models,” a memo from the campaign reads.
The virus has already changed the 2020 presidential election. Both candidates canceled rallies in Cleveland, Ohio, earlier this week.
The virus also changed the structure of the next primary debate, which is scheduled for Sunday night. The debate was scheduled to take place in Phoenix, Arizona. However, it will now take place in CNN’s D.C. studio to “reduce cross-country travel.” The Democratic National Committee also decided to scrap plans to have the debate in front of a crowd while CNN and Univision also nixed the traditional press filing center and spin room.
