Biden-Harris Announce Members of the COVID-19 Response Team

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President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris Announce Members of the COVID-19 Response Team
 

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...As part of today’s announcement, the president-elect and vice president-elect named coordinators for three crucial aspects of the COVID-19 response strategy: supply chain management, vaccinations, and testing.

Tim Manning-- The Supply Coordinator will coordinate the federal effort focused on securing, strengthening, and ensuring a sustainable pandemic supply chain, working with departments and agencies to ensure there is sufficient PPE, tests, vaccines, and related supplies and equipment.

Bechara Choucair, MD --The Vaccinations Coordinator will focus on making sure vaccines turn into vaccinations by coordinating the timely, safe, and equitable delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations for the U.S. population, in close partnership with relevant federal departments and agencies, as well as state and local authorities.

Carole Johnson --The Testing Coordinator will coordinate the federal effort to expand COVID-19 testing and the use of testing for an effective public health response, with an emphasis on expanding and targeting testing for schools, nursing homes, other at-risk populations, and communities hardest hit by the pandemic. The Coordinator will chair the National Pandemic Testing Board, which will work to ensure equitable test allocation, identify bottlenecks, and overcome barriers to access....

 

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I'm waiting wth baited breath for the arrival of competent leadership in the form of political leadership which understands the role of the federal government. Biden's team will have deep and passionate interest in developing national strategies to combat the virus rather than combat the truth about the virus. 

For too long we've swallowed the Republican lie that the federal government should be as small as possible.  This should mark the beginning of the end of the GOPs forced austerity in American lives. 

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On 1/1/2021 at 9:34 AM, toomuchbaloney said:

I'm waiting wth baited breath for the arrival of competent leadership in the form of political leadership which understands the role of the federal government. Biden's team will have deep and passionate interest in developing national strategies to combat the virus rather than combat the truth about the virus. 

For too long we've swallowed the Republican lie that the federal government should be as small as possible.  This should mark the beginning of the end of the GOPs forced austerity in American lives. 

Interesting.   The best way to combat the virus is a rapid development of a safe and effective vaccine.  It seems the Trump administration had a significant role in that.  Biden certainly did not.

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5 hours ago, Beerman said:

Interesting.   The best way to combat the virus is a rapid development of a safe and effective vaccine.  It seems the Trump administration had a significant role in that.  Biden certainly did not.

The Trump administration's pandemic response is a failure.  

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12 hours ago, Beerman said:

Interesting.   The best way to combat the virus is a rapid development of a safe and effective vaccine.  It seems the Trump administration had a significant role in that.  Biden certainly did not.

Agree.  It's the best way now because it's totally out of control with nearly 300,000 cases a day and Trump did have a significant role to play in that.

It's much to late for a Biden response, other than declaring a national emergency and Marshall Law and a total lock down forcing people against their will to close their businesses and stay at home and stop the spread and even then it won't go away without massive vaccination.  

Trump deserves prompts for getting the vaccine.  It could have been his legacy and finest hour.  But he's told people not to fear covid, convinced people that Fauci is an idiot,  and that it's no big deal and to not trust the media as it's all fake.  Thus we're not really having the best of turnouts or response to the vaccine.  

It will continue to be a mess throughout Biden's first year.  But it will be refreshing to have a leader that seeks truth (and understand that changes as research is revealed), is compassionate towards people getting the illness and cares about health care workers struggling.

 

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1 hour ago, Tweety said:

Agree.  It's the best way now because it's totally out of control with nearly 300,000 cases a day and Trump did have a significant role to play in that.

It's much to late for a Biden response, other than declaring a national emergency and Marshall Law and a total lock down forcing people against their will to close their businesses and stay at home and stop the spread and even then it won't go away without massive vaccination.  

Trump deserves prompts for getting the vaccine.  It could have been his legacy and finest hour.  But he's told people not to fear covid, convinced people that Fauci is an idiot,  and that it's no big deal and to not trust the media as it's all fake.  Thus we're not really having the best of turnouts or response to the vaccine.  

It will continue to be a mess throughout Biden's first year.  But it will be refreshing to have a leader that seeks truth (and understand that changes as research is revealed), is compassionate towards people getting the illness and cares about health care workers struggling.

 

Vaccines would have been available for emergency use whether or not Trump was president.  

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Vaccines would have been available for emergency use whether or not Trump was president.  

Of course, but it was Trump that was president and made it happen.   I can give him his props for that.  

https://www.ft.com/content/89acf0bb-8dac-4f73-8962-5780546eadca

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“Operation Warp Speed” currently looks more like “Operation WOW!.” The big rollout is rocky and slow throughout the country, but the only surprise is that people are actually surprised.

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2021/01/04/trump-doesnt-care-about-the-covid-vaccine-column/

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1 hour ago, Tweety said:

Of course, but it was Trump that was president and made it happen.   I can give him his props for that.  

https://www.ft.com/content/89acf0bb-8dac-4f73-8962-5780546eadca

That article is behind a pay wall.  My contention is that Trump and his team did not actually make vaccine development happen...the first American vaccine to receive emergency use wasn't even part of warp speed. The vaccine development was already underway before Trump pulled the notion of Warp Speed out of his television vocabulary. 

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

That article is behind a pay wall.  My contention is that Trump and his team did not actually make vaccine development happen...the first American vaccine to receive emergency use wasn't even part of warp speed. The vaccine development was already underway before Trump pulled the notion of Warp Speed out of his television vocabulary. 

Vaccine development may have been started.  But, the government took a lot of the financial risk away from the companies developing it, which enabled phase 3 trials to happen so quickly. 

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7 hours ago, Tweety said:

Agree.  It's the best way now because it's totally out of control with nearly 300,000 cases a day and Trump did have a significant role to play in that.

It's much to late for a Biden response, other than declaring a national emergency and Marshall Law and a total lock down forcing people against their will to close their businesses and stay at home and stop the spread and even then it won't go away without massive vaccination.  

Trump deserves prompts for getting the vaccine.  It could have been his legacy and finest hour.  But he's told people not to fear covid, convinced people that Fauci is an idiot,  and that it's no big deal and to not trust the media as it's all fake.  Thus we're not really having the best of turnouts or response to the vaccine.  

It will continue to be a mess throughout Biden's first year.  But it will be refreshing to have a leader that seeks truth (and understand that changes as research is revealed), is compassionate towards people getting the illness and cares about health care workers struggling.

 

Biden represents 50 years of mediocrity while serving the People.  He had two spectacular presidential bid failures.  And now he's going to save us from the worst pandemic of our time (thus far)?

I appreciate your optimism.

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37 minutes ago, Beerman said:

Biden represents 50 years of mediocrity while serving the People.  He had two spectacular presidential bid failures.  And now he's going to save us from the worst pandemic of our time (thus far)?

I appreciate your optimism.

Who said that Biden was going to save us from anything except another 4 years of Trump? The expectation is that Biden will appoint competent patriots rather than incompetent grifters to lead and craft our response. 

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