Covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the elected officials that have had the response ability to make very tough decisions with limited and highly imperfe
Heal the soul of this country so that we can effectively address this crisis as one country. Were hardworking americans have each others backs. And now to our top story at 3 and may be months before president elect Joe Biden Takes Office but hes already getting the ball rolling with a new Coronavirus Task force on the heels of pfizer announcing early data its covid19 vaccine is 90 effective. President elect joe biden says a lot of work still remains which is why Biden Announces New covid19 Task Force Washington correspondent alexandra le mon has the details. I will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around president elect joe biden says a lot of work remains to be done to battle the coronavirus pandemic nearly 240,000 deaths so far. Protecting the projections still it okay we can lose. 200,000 more lives in the coming months thats what biden announced his new covid19 task force which includes a former Surgeon General former food and Drug Administration or and a yale professor biden
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Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the