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November 9, 2020

Biden Unveils Coronavirus Task Force as U.S. Cases Hit 10 Million, with Over 237,000 Recorded Deaths
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President-elect Biden unveiled his coronavirus task force this morning,
which will be chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and former
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. David Kessler. It also
includes former top government vaccine specialist Rick Bright, who
resigned his post at the National Institutes of Health after blowing the
whistle on what he called Trump's "reckless and deadly" misinformation
on the coronavirus. Biden said his pandemic plan will be "built on a
bedrock of science."

This comes as coronavirus cases continue to surge here in the U.S. as
the total number of confirmed cases is around 10 million with over
237,000 deaths. At least 17 states reported single-day records for new
cases Friday, and four states reported record deaths: Utah, Kansas,
Nebraska and South Dakota.


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