The COVID-19 Advisory Board was announced in November 2020 by President-elect of the United States Joe Biden as part of his presidential transition. It was co-chaired by physicians David A. Kessler, Marcella Nunez-Smith, and Vivek Murthy and comprises 13 health experts. The board was then succeeded by the White House COVID-19 Response Team upon Biden's presidency in January 2021.
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | November 2020 |
Dissolved | January 20, 2021[1][2] |
Superseding agency | |
Typ | Advisory board |
Jurisdiction | Vereinigte Staaten |
Agency executives | |
Website | buildbackbetter |
Background
editBefore naming any White House staff or cabinet appointments, Biden announced that he will appoint a COVID-19 task force, co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Yale University epidemiologist Professor Marcella Nunez-Smith.[3][4] In November 2020, he announced the names of 13 health experts to serve on the COVID-19 Advisory Board.[5] Biden pledged a more and larger federal government response to the pandemic than Donald Trump, akin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal during the Great Depression.[6] This would include increased testing for SARS-CoV-2, a steady supply of personal protective equipment, distributing a vaccine and securing money from Congress for schools and hospitals under the aegis of a national "supply chain commander" who would coordinate the logistics of manufacturing and distributing protective gear and test kits. This would be distributed by a "Pandemic Testing Board", also similar to Roosevelt's War Production Board during World War II.[6] Biden also pledged to invoke the Defense Production Act more aggressively than Trump in order to build up supplies, as well as the mobilization of up to 100,000 Americans for a "public health jobs corps" of contact tracers to help track and prevent outbreaks.[6]
Jeffrey Zients will work with the advisory board as the incoming White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator (czar).[7][8] Civil servant and political advisor, Natalie Quillian, will serve as Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator.[9]
Succession
editThe board was dissolved on January 20, 2021, after President Biden was sworn in.[1][2]
Mitglieder
editThere were 16 members of the COVID-19 advisory board, appointed by President of the United States Joe Biden. Three of the members, David A. Kessler, Vivek Murthy and Marcella Nunez-Smith, served as co-chairs.
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b Pettypiece, Shannon (January 20, 2021). "Biden's Covid advisory board disbanded". NBC News. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ Feuer, Will (November 7, 2020). "President-elect Joe Biden to announce Covid task force on Monday". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Mercia, Dan; Zeleny, Jeff (November 7, 2020). "Biden to announce coronavirus task force as part of presidential transition". CNN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Neuman, Scott (November 9, 2020). "Biden Names 13 Health Experts To COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board". NPR.org. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c Goodnough, Abby; Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (October 15, 2020). "Biden's Covid Response Plan Draws From F.D.R.'s New Deal". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ MJ Lee and Kate Sullivan (December 3, 2020). "Jeffrey Zients is expected to be named Biden's coronavirus coordinator". CNN. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Zients, Murthy tapped to head up Biden's Covid-19 response". POLITICO. December 3, 2020. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "President-elect Joe Biden Announces Key Members of Health Team". Insider NJ. December 7, 2020. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Biden transition team unveils members of Covid-19 task force". STAT. November 9, 2020. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ a b Landers, Jamie. "Navajo Nation's Jill Jim named to President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ Bunin, Steve (December 3, 2020). "Meet the Seattle nurse appointed to Biden's COVID-19 advisory board". King5. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Landers, Jamie (November 28, 2020). "Navajo Nation's Jill Jim named to President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.