Biden names 13 members of COVID-19 advisory task force
U.S.- President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced a new COVID-19 advisory task force, drawn exclusively from the ranks of public health experts and scientists, to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Biden’s transition team revealed the 13-member task force will be co-chaired by former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Marcella Nunez-Smith, a public health expert at the Yale School of Medicine. Other members are: Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Dr. Luciana Borio, Dr. Rick Bright, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Celine Gounder, Dr. Julie Morita, Dr. Michael Osterholm, Loyce Pace, Dr. Robert Rodriguez and Dr. Eric Goosby, Biden’s team said. Twelve of the advisory team members are medical doctors, signalling Biden’s intention to follow through on promises to use a “science-based” approach to taming the coronavirus. (UI)
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