How soon can we expect to see cases go down now that Biden is president?

[DesiDani]

Will there never be another surge of positive cases and deaths now?

[beekee]

The President can’t force people to wear masks, social distance or wash their hands. The President can’t force law enforcement to enforce the laws. The President can model and encourage appropriate behavior. But, in the end, it’s up to all of us to do our part in controlling the virus. 

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Biden does not take office until January 20, 2021, so there is little he can do as president until then. He is forming his own task force so hopefully there is finally a comprehensive national testing program and a contact tracing system. 

I agree that we must all continue to mask, socially distance, wash hands and stay home if we are sick, test positive, or are identified as a close contact. 

[DesiDani]

42 minutes ago, beekee said:

The President can’t force people to wear masks, social distance or wash their hands. The President can’t force law enforcement to enforce the laws. The President can model and encourage appropriate behavior. But, in the end, it’s up to all of us to do our part in controlling the virus. 

But if President Biden says it, people will do it.  

[DesiDani]

3 minutes ago, nursej22 said:

He is forming his own task force so hopefully there is finally a comprehensive national testing program and a contact tracing system. 

That contact tracing thing is a joke. At my job, we have to have sheet on every patient's door and everyone who enter the room is suppose to sign that sheet.  Doesn't matter if it is lab, doctor, CNA, or ekg techs. Most of the time people never sign those sheets. I can be off for 4 days and and my name is the last name on the list when I return 4 days later.

[chare]

1 hour ago, DesiDani said:

1 hour ago, beekee said:

The President can’t force people to wear masks, social distance or wash their hands. The President can’t force law enforcement to enforce the laws. The President can model and encourage appropriate behavior. But, in the end, it’s up to all of us to do our part in controlling the virus. 

But if President Biden says it, people will do it. 

Really?  It's not working in NC.  Governor Cooper has been talking about the importance of the 3 Ws for months, with little success.  My wife and I had to drive to another area of NC yesterday and the number of people we saw not doing any of this was surprisingly shocking.  

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

According to a lot of people it was an "election infection" and cases would go down after the election.  

So far we set a world record of 130,000 cases.  

Here in Florida we had almost 7,000 cases yesterday.  Our rate of positivity in my county yesterday was 8%.  
 

Even though I knew this was crazy I almost hoped it was true that the surge was a political ploy of the Democrats and the fake news media.  

We are going to have a surge and we are going to have to deal with it.  

1 minute ago, chare said:

Really?  It's not working in NC.  Governor Cooper has been talking about the importance of the 3 Ws for months, with little success.  My wife and I had to drive to another area of NC yesterday and the number of people we saw not doing any of this was surprisingly shocking.  

I agree.  The 70 million people that voted for Trump in particular aren't going to listen to Biden and magically do as he says. 

People already know what to do anyway and Biden doesn't need to tell us again.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

The Biden Plan to Combat Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Prepare for Future Global Health Threats been on Biden's website for months.  Expect to see it fleshed out more over the coming weeks.

They will start with this section of plan; expect daily report to start upon Jan,21st, 2020 post Inauguration day

RESTORING TRUST, CREDIBILITY, AND COMMON PURPOSE

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Stop the political theater and willful misinformation that has heightened confusion and discrimination. Biden believes we must immediately put scientists and public health leaders front and center in communication with the American people in order to provide regular guidance and deliver timely public health updates, including by immediately establishing daily, expert-led press briefings. This communication is essential to combating the dangerous epidemic of fear, chaos, and stigmatization that can overtake communities faster than the virus. Acts of racism and xenophobia against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community must not be tolerated.

Ensure that public health decisions are made by public health professionals and not politicians, and officials engaged in the response do not fear retribution or public disparagement for performing their jobs.     

Immediately restore the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense, which was established by the Obama-Biden Administration and eliminated by the Trump Administration in 2018. 

 

 

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

President-elects Transition website https://buildbackbetter.com/  has updated site with their priorities:

• COVID-19
• ECONOMIC RECOVERY
• RACIAL EQUALITY
• CLIMATE CHANGE

Check it out!

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Have known of 3/4  of the physicians and scientists appointed to the Biden COVID board having read some of their articles or observed them speak at conferences or news programs. Well rounded group WITH THE EXCEPTION lacking a Registered Nurse.

Biden-Harris Transition Announces COVID-19 Advisory Board

...CO-CHAIRS

David A. Kessler, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. Dr. Kessler served as FDA Commissioner from 1990 to 1997, appointed by President George H.W. Bush and reappointed by President Bill Clinton.
Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States from 2014-2017.  As the Vice Admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,600 public health officers globally. The officers focused on helping underserved populations, protecting the nation from Ebola and Zika, responding to the Flint water crisis, and natural disasters such as hurricanes.
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Public Health, and Management at Yale University and the Associate Dean for Health Equity Research at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Nunez-Smith’s research focuses on promoting health and healthcare equity for structurally marginalized populations.
 

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Members:

Luciana Borio, MD,...specializes in biodefense, emerging infectious diseases, medical product development, and complex public health emergencies

Rick Bright, PhD, is an American immunologist, virologist, and former public health official.  Dr. Bright was the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) from 2016 to 2020 and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services. ( He is a whistleblower for disagreeing with Pres. Trump's coronavirus response. Karen)

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is an oncologist and Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, is the Cyndy and John Fish Distinguished Professor of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Celine Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and cares for patients at Bellevue Hospital Center.

Julie Morita, MD, is Executive Vice President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Morita previously served as the Health Commissioner for the City of Chicago for nearly two decades.

Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota.

Loyce Pace, MPH, is the Executive Director and President of Global Health Council. Over the course of her career, Loyce has championed policies for access to essential medicines and health services worldwide.

Dr. Robert Rodriguez graduated from Harvard Medical School and currently serves as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine, where he works on the frontline in the emergency department and ICU of two major trauma center.

Eric Goosby, MD, is an internationally recognized expert on infectious diseases and Professor of Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine. During the Clinton Administration, Dr. Goosby was the founding director of the Ryan White CARE Act, the largest federally funded HIV/AIDS program.

 

 

 

 

[HiddencatBSN, BSN]

On 11/8/2020 at 3:18 PM, DesiDani said:

That contact tracing thing is a joke. At my job, we have to have sheet on every patient's door and everyone who enter the room is suppose to sign that sheet.  Doesn't matter if it is lab, doctor, CNA, or ekg techs. Most of the time people never sign those sheets. I can be off for 4 days and and my name is the last name on the list when I return 4 days later.

“We don’t follow contact tracing protocols so contact tracing doesn’t work” is poor logic.

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

On 11/8/2020 at 12:18 PM, DesiDani said:

That contact tracing thing is a joke. At my job, we have to have sheet on every patient's door and everyone who enter the room is suppose to sign that sheet.  Doesn't matter if it is lab, doctor, CNA, or ekg techs. Most of the time people never sign those sheets. I can be off for 4 days and and my name is the last name on the list when I return 4 days later.

I was referring to contact tracing in the community. Where I work, a local health department, our communicable disease staff and volunteers contact positive cases, identify their close contacts (within 6 feet for more than 15 minutes) and then notify the contacts to get tested and to quarantine. People who test positive must isolate. Other staff contact all positives and contacts everyday via phone or smartphone app to assess symptoms and that people have what they need to maintain isolation/quarantine. These people work all day, 7 days a week and can barely keep up. The CARES money runs out at the end of the year so I don't what happens then.