“I know this is not news we all want to hear, but this is something we must say so we are all aware,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “If we are united in action we can turn things around.”
The new briefings, set for three times a week, are part of Biden’s attempt to rebuild trust and mobilize Americans to follow health guidance on the coronavirus and to break down public resistance to the vaccine.
Wednesday’s briefing was conducted virtually, with no shortage of technical glitches and audio gaps. Administration officials appeared on Zoom from separate locations, in keeping with the Biden administration s efforts to model best practices for safe work habits in the pandemic.
Biden resumes weekly Covid briefings, says will let science speak again
Biden resumes weekly Covid briefings, says will let science speak again
US President Joe Biden is pushing a weary populace to recommit to social distancing measures and mask-wearing, pointing to scientific models that suggest the practices could save 50,000 lives over the coming months.
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US President Joe Biden delivering remarks on Covid-19 in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 26, 2021 (Photo Credits: AP)
For nearly a year it was the Trump show. Now President Joe Biden is calling up the nation s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more than 4,25,000 US lives.
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In this Jan. 21, 2021, photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. President Joe Biden is dispatching the nations top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic. Beginning Jan. 27, the experts will host briefings three times a week on the state of the outbreak and efforts to control it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration launched its new level-with-America health briefings Wednesday with a projection that as many as 90,000 more in the U.S. will die from the coronavirus