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