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Trump’s COVID Task Force: The Refusal to Concede to Biden Will Result in More COVID Deaths

MAKING IT WORSE

A vaccine distribution plan is already extremely hard to chart out. Not allowing for a smooth transition will make it even harder.

Erin Banco
National Security Reporter

President Donald Trump’s refusal to give in to the fact that Joe Biden has won the election is likely to prolong the pandemic and put American lives at risk, multiple current senior officials working on the federal government’s coronavirus response told The Daily Beast.

Days after the election results became clear, Trump has ordered his administration to block standard transition work designed to bring the incoming president’s team up to speed. He’s done so, his aides say, because he is still waging legal battles across the country and refuses to concede he lost. But the tangible impact could be massive.

Officials in the Trump administration working the COVID vaccine process, particularly those working on Operation Warp Speed, have been unable to communicate with Biden’s new COVID-19 task force about what plans they already have in place for distribution. Without close coordination on those topics, current officials say, Biden’s team could face significant delays in getting the vaccine out to the American people.

“The vaccine distribution planning takes time,” said one senior health official. “And Operation Warp Speed has built up a huge database that is guiding their decisions about how best to roll out the vaccine. It’s essential Biden’s camp has access to this information so that when a vaccine does become available it can get out to the public quickly.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-covid-task-force-the-refusal-to-concede-to-biden-w...