Biden Announces Members
of COVID-19 Task Force.
On Monday, Joe Biden began his transition to the presidency
by announcing the creation of a COVID-19 task force. .
The team includes a number of
former government health officials
and experts in public health, vaccines
and infectious diseases. .
Notably included on the list is Rick Bright,
former head of the vaccine-development agency BARDA,
who was ousted by the Trump administration in April.
The list also contains surgeon
and writer Atul Gawande, former
FDA official Luciana Borio, former surgeon
general Vivek Murthy and Yale University
professor Marcella Nunez-Smith. .
The 13-member task force will develop a
blueprint for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic
and offer guidance to Biden and Kamala Harris. .
The advisory board will help shape my
approach to managing the surge in reported
infections; ensuring vaccines are safe, effective,
and distributed efficiently, equitably, and free;
and protecting at-risk populations, Joe Biden, via AP News.
Biden’s creation of the task force signals his administration’s
intent to take a more science-based approach to COVID-19. .
Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic
is one of the most important battles our
administration will face, and I will be
informed by science and by experts, Joe Biden, via AP News.
Public health officials are warning that
the United States is about to enter the
worst stretch of COVID-19 yet. .
The U.S. is currently averaging more than
100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day.