Joe Biden’s been relegated to the sidelines as the novel coronavirus dominates the news of the day. But that’s not a bad development for the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.

While Democratic strategists warn of the political dangers involved in ceding headlines daily to President Trump, the former vice president is cocooned from any substantive negative press attention as he waits out the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak at home like the rest of the country.