{"id":76776,"date":"2020-11-05T21:29:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T20:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=76776"},"modified":"2020-11-05T21:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T20:29:23","slug":"covid-biden-meets-with-infectious-disease-experts-as-he-leads-in-electoral-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/covid-biden-meets-with-infectious-disease-experts-as-he-leads-in-electoral-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID: Biden meets with infectious disease experts as he leads in Electoral Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1682551235494257760\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>Joe Biden is today meeting with top infectious disease experts, scientists and doctors to discuss COVID-19<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Biden is currently ahead in the Electoral Vote count as he looks set to wrap it up with wins in Arizona, Nevada and possibly Pennsylvania. He currently has 254 votes to President Donald Trump\u2019s 213.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sources hinted Poinblanknews.com that those at the meeting include some top officials working with Dr Anthony Faucci, some CDC scientists and Obama\u2019 team that coordinated the fight against the Ebola virus.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Biden&#8217;s positions on healthcare are an extension of those of his former boss, President Barack Obama, but they&#8217;re also being shaped by longtime allies and Democratic advisors.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Should Biden win the presidency, many of the people who worked with him during the campaign would be in a strong position to work in his administration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Ron Klain, for example, coordinated the US response to the Ebola epidemic under Obama and has been front and center on the Biden campaign&#8217;s messaging about the coronavirus. The Biden campaign recently tapped Rohini Kosoglu as senior advisor to Kamala Harris, Biden&#8217;s running mate. Kosoglu was an advisor in the Senate during the ACA&#8217;s passage.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vivek Murthy was surgeon general during Obama&#8217;s presidency. Now, he&#8217;s a co-chair of Biden&#8217;s healthcare team\u00a0and has helped iron out policy differences between the progressive and centrist wings of the Democratic party.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ezekiel-emanuel-healthcare-plan-to-replace-aca-with-medicare-2020-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ezekiel-emanuel-healthcare-plan-to-replace-aca-with-medicare-2020-6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1604692302338000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3Y1kr3qrntcLDYkJM89y0iZ9dKQ\">Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel<\/a>, a key designer of the Affordable Care Act and bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, is on the coronavirus task force.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span>Part of his plan include a\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0decisive public health response\u00a0that ensures the wide availability of free testing; the elimination of all cost barriers to preventive care and treatment for COVID-19; the development of a vaccine; and the full deployment and operation of necessary supplies, personnel, and facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden is today meeting with top infectious disease experts, scientists and doctors to discuss COVID-19 Biden is currently ahead in the Electoral Vote count as he looks set to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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