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When President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would appoint his own coronavirus task force on Monday, the United States posted its fourth consecutive daily record of new Covid cases, close to 130,000.
“That plan will be built on the foundations of science,” Biden said, vowing “to spare no effort, no compromise, to reverse this pandemic.”
According to Johns Hopkins University, there were 127,399 cases in the United States on Saturday, bringing the total recorded to nearly 9.9 million. More than 1,000 deaths were recorded, bringing the national figure closer to 237,000.
Confirming Dr. Anthony Fauci’s recent warning that cases are increasing and staying above 100,000 per day, the seven-day average for cases was 103,973. Hospitalizations were also increasing, around 56,000.
“We are very hurt,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Washington Post last week. “It is not a good situation. All the stars are lined up in the wrong place as the fall and winter season progresses, with people gathering indoors at home. He couldn’t be in a worse position. “
Fauci, who has served six presidents since 1984, and other respected public health experts have fought to influence Donald Trump’s response to the crisis. The president has followed advisers many say are unqualified, while insisting that the United States is “turning the corner” and hosting White House and campaign events in which the wearing of masks and wearing of masks are not imposed. social distancing.
Cases have proliferated in the White House and around the president and are on the rise in US states, many Republican-run states are suffering particularly badly.
Delivering his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night, Biden outlined plans to announce a 12-member coronavirus task force on Monday.
“Our job starts with controlling Covid,” Biden said. “We cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality, or enjoy life’s most precious moments: hugging a grandchild, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to us, until we have this virus under control.
“On Monday, I will appoint a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the Biden-Harris Covid plan and turn it into an action plan beginning January 20, 2021.
“That plan will be built on the foundations of science. It will be built on compassion, empathy, and concern. I will spare no effort or commitment to reverse this pandemic. “
Biden will take office facing an unprecedented challenge, containing the pandemic and restoring the damage done to the American economy. According to projections from the University of Washington, more than 100,000 more Americans may have died by then.
