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Joe Biden Could Take Office During The Worst Of The Pandemic. What's His Plan?

09 Nov 2020

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In 2008, then President-elect Obama and President Bush set up a join task force to help the incoming administration deal with the financial crisis they were about to inherit. Brown University's Ashish Jha tells NPR a similar effort is needed now to deal with the coronavirus. But so far, there's no sign of any cooperation from the Trump administration.President-elect Biden has established his own task force of scientists and physicians to work on his administration's response to the pandemic. Task force member Dr. Nicole Lurie tells NPR one goal of their effort will be to convince Americans the virus is the enemy — not each other. The Biden administration will also inherit Operation Warp Speed, the government's vaccine development program. Gus Perna is the Army general in charge. He explains how vaccine distribution might work. The pandemic won't be the only public health challenge facing the Biden administration if millions of people lose their health care coverage. That's what could happen if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, explains Erin Fuse Brown with Georgia State University's College of Law. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at [email protected] more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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Joe Biden Could Take Office During The Worst Of The Pandemic. What's His Plan?

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Other episodes from Consider This from NPR

Tensions escalate in in Minnesota after another killing

How Trump moves political norms – both slowly and suddenly

Trump is rewriting the rules of the economy…is it ‘crony capitalism’?

Beth Israel Congregation rebuilds after arson, saying "there's healing that comes"

How the Trump Justice Department is targeting his perceived opponents

What happens if the Fed loses its independence?

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