Monday, November 16, 2020

How Biden plans to change the US pandemic response

How Biden plans to change the US pandemic response

 

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris say they will move the US Covid-19 pandemic response in a dramatically different direction.


"The pandemic is getting significantly more worrisome all across the country," Biden said last week. "I want everyone to know on day one, we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action."


Sunday on CNN, Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Brown University, said, "By the time that the Biden-Harris administration takes over, this virus is going to have already run rampant through the communities across the United States."


Biden's transition team on Monday announced members of his coronavirus advisory board, which will be led by former US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler and Yale University's Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. Other members are Dr. Luciana Borio, Rick Bright, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Celine Gounder, Dr. Julie Morita, Michael Osterholm, Loyce Pace, Dr. Robert Rodriguez and Dr. Eric Goosby.

 

From increased testing to mandatory masks, here are five ways Biden says the US coronavirus response will change when he's President.


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