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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:27 PM Nov 2020

Biden Announces 12-Member Task Force for Coronavirus Response

President-elect Joe Biden said he would appoint a 12-member coronavirus task force on Monday, his first step toward fulfilling one of his biggest campaign promises -- to mount an effective response to the pandemic that has infected millions and damaged the U.S. economy.

“I will spare no effort, none, or any commitment, to turn around this pandemic,” Biden said Saturday, as he delivered his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware. The panel will convert his coronavirus-fighting plan into an “action blueprint” that “will be built on a bedrock of science,” he added.

The task force will be co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Marcella Nunez-Smith, a professor of public health at Yale University, according to a person familiar with his plans. It will also include Ezekiel Emanuel, a former Obama administration health adviser.

The co-chairs of the task force are scheduled to brief Biden on Monday after the members are announced.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-announces-12-member-task-force-for-coronavirus-response/ar-BB1aNuCx?li=BBnb7Kz

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Biden Announces 12-Member Task Force for Coronavirus Response (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Biden, "I will spare no effort, none, or any commitment, to turn around this pandemic." Botany Nov 2020 #1
Nice when the adults are in charge. nt Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #2
The Task Force should start posting recommendations ASAP. rzemanfl Nov 2020 #3
Biden's Task Force Credentials SmartVoter22 Nov 2020 #4
Biden's Task Force Credentials SmartVoter22 Nov 2020 #5
No Fauci? GeorgeGist Nov 2020 #6

Botany

(70,289 posts)
1. Biden, "I will spare no effort, none, or any commitment, to turn around this pandemic."
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:29 PM
Nov 2020

Grown ups are back. Damn it is good to see.

rzemanfl

(29,540 posts)
3. The Task Force should start posting recommendations ASAP.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:33 PM
Nov 2020

74+ million people will follow them, that will help.

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
4. Biden's Task Force Credentials
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:47 PM
Nov 2020

Dr Vivek Murthy...
Murthy completed his Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts where he also led and managed medical care teams as a faculty .

Dr. David S Kessler...
Kessler studied medicine at Harvard University, graduating with an M.D. degree in 1979. While at Harvard, Kessler obtained a J.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Chicago Law School.[1] While serving his residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he worked as a consultant to Republican senator Orrin Hatch from Utah, particularly on issues relating to the safety of food additives, and on the regulation of cigarettes and tobacco.

Marcella Nunez-Smith...
Nunez-Smith obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Anthropology and Psychology from Swarthmore College in 1996. She attended medical school at Jefferson Medical College, graduating in 2001. Nunez-Smith was a resident in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She completed her Master of Health Science at Yale University in 2006.

Ezekiel Emanuel...
Emanuel received his M.Sc. from Exeter College, Oxford in Biochemistry. He simultaneously studied for an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Harvard University, receiving the degrees in 1988 and 1989, respectively.He was a member of the first cohort of Faculty Fellows at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard from 1987–88. Emanuel completed an internship and residency at Beth Israel Hospital in internal medicine. Subsequently, he undertook fellowships in medicine and medical oncology at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, and is a breast oncologist.

That looks like a qualified group of scientists capable of working on a pandemic.

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
5. Biden's Task Force Credentials
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:51 PM
Nov 2020

Copied from Wikipedia...

Dr Vivek Murthy...
Murthy completed his Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts where he also led and managed medical care teams as a faculty .

Dr. David S Kessler...
Kessler studied medicine at Harvard University, graduating with an M.D. degree in 1979. While at Harvard, Kessler obtained a J.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Chicago Law School.[1] While serving his residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he worked as a consultant to Republican senator Orrin Hatch from Utah, particularly on issues relating to the safety of food additives, and on the regulation of cigarettes and tobacco.

Marcella Nunez-Smith...
Nunez-Smith obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Anthropology and Psychology from Swarthmore College in 1996. She attended medical school at Jefferson Medical College, graduating in 2001. Nunez-Smith was a resident in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She completed her Master of Health Science at Yale University in 2006.

Ezekiel Emanuel...
Emanuel received his M.Sc. from Exeter College, Oxford in Biochemistry. He simultaneously studied for an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Harvard University, receiving the degrees in 1988 and 1989, respectively.He was a member of the first cohort of Faculty Fellows at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard from 1987–88. Emanuel completed an internship and residency at Beth Israel Hospital in internal medicine. Subsequently, he undertook fellowships in medicine and medical oncology at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, and is a breast oncologist.

Info was gathered from Wikipedia, by searching the names of the task force and only copying the education, residency info.

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