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Biden Adviser Celine Gounder On The Pandemic And The President-Elect’s Coronavirus Task Force

WAMU 88.5 | By Amanda Williams
Published November 13, 2020 at 3:05 PM CST
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attends a coronavirus briefing at The Queen theater on in Wilmington, Delaware. Participants in the briefing include former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Director for Science in the Public Interest Dr. David Kessler, New York University professor Dr. Celine Gounder, and Yale University professor of medicine Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attends a coronavirus briefing at The Queen theater on in Wilmington, Delaware. Participants in the briefing include former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Director for Science in the Public Interest Dr. David Kessler, New York University professor Dr. Celine Gounder, and Yale University professor of medicine Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith.

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is setting new case records on an almost daily basis.

A new president will also mean a change in how the federal government willaddress the spread of COVID-19.

President-elect Joe Biden has assembled a task force of health experts to advise him on how to address a crisis that will only grow worse in the winter months.

Celine Gounder is a clinical assistant professor at New York University and a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 task force. 

Find our conversation with Vivek Murthy, who will lead Biden’s COVID-19 task force.

What can we expect from the incoming administration?

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Amanda Williams