Biden Announces Members of COVID-19 Advisory Board
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announce Their COVID-19 Advisory BoardOn Nov. 9, the Biden-Harris transition team announced the members of its COVID-19 advisory board, and met with them for several hours in a virtual conference before President-elect Joe Biden made remarks stressing the importance of mask wearing as a continued “weapon” in the fight against COVID-19.
“As we work toward a safe and effective vaccine, the single most effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19: wear a mask,” Biden said, as he held up his own mask. “The head of the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] warned this...
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Biden unveils COVID-19 task forcePresident-elect Joe Biden on Monday named a number of health experts who will serve on his coronavirus task force.
The experts include Rick Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority who said he was forced out his position earlier this year after opposing promoting unproven treatments.
Bioethicist and oncologist Zeke Emanuel, who served as former adviser to the Obama administration on the Affordable Care Act and is brother of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and Atul Gawande, a surgeon who served as...
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Biden names Trump whistleblower to counter-coronavirus task force in first move as apparent president-electPresumptive President-elect Joe Biden has positioned himself to take over the country's coronavirus response, naming a 13-person task force despite President Trump mounting a raft of legal challenges to last week's election.
Biden announced Monday that his transition COVID-19 advisory board would be led by three co-chairs, Dr. David Kessler, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. The trio would be joined by Dr. Beth Cameron and Dr. Rebecca Katz as advisers, as well as Dr. Rick Bright.
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