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Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked renowned expert Anthony Fauci for his assessments of the Corona crisis. Newly elected president Joe Biden wants to do it differently than incumbent.
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, wants renowned crown expert Anthony Fauci to be his top medical adviser. Biden told CNN on Thursday that he asked Fauci in a conversation to be “the chief medical adviser for me and part of the Covid team.”
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is a member of President-elect Donald Trump’s crown crisis team. With his vast experience and unadorned evaluations of the corona pandemic, the 79-year-old immunologist gained wide public recognition. At the same time, he repeatedly incurred the resentment of the president, who had downplayed the danger of the corona virus from the start.
Biden asks for 100 days of mask wear
Biden, who will take office on January 20, has made fighting the crown pandemic his most urgent task. On CNN, he announced that after his oath, he would call on the population to wear a protective mask for the next 100 days. “Not forever. 100 days.” This, and with vaccines, could “significantly” reduce the number of infections.
Biden also announced that he would be publicly vaccinated as soon as a vaccine is approved. “If Dr. Fauci says that we have a safe vaccine, I will be in front of the public,” said the future president and then tapped him on the shoulder to indicate a vaccine. “It is important to communicate to the American population that it is safe.”
Previously, former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton had announced their willingness to get vaccinated in front of the cameras to build confidence in the vaccine.
The United States is particularly affected by the pandemic
In the US, Mainz-based biotech company Biontech, along with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, and US company Moderna have submitted requests for emergency approval for their vaccines. The approval could take place in the next few weeks. Additionally, pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca are expected to provide data on the efficacy of their candidate vaccines soon.
The United States government plans to vaccinate 100 million people against the coronavirus by the end of February. However, experts fear that many people will not be able to get vaccinated due to mistrust in vaccines, especially since the active ingredients were developed in record time.
The United States is experiencing a dramatic increase in corona infections. According to John Hopkins University, more than 14 million infections have been confirmed and more than 275,000 people died as a result of an infection. These are by far the highest numbers in the world.
