Biden cautious despite the good news about the coronavirus vaccine It will be months more before there is widespread vaccination

President-elect Joe Biden applauded the news about a promising coronavirus vaccine on Monday, but warned that Americans should be aggressive about wearing face masks and social distancing as infections continue to rise across the country.For its part, the Democrat’s transition team also released the list of experts that will make up the group in charge of responding to COVID-19.While Biden was announcing its think tank, Pfizer was announcing promising results for a coronavirus vaccine. The company, which developed the vaccine together with German drugmaker BioNTech, said it will file an emergency use request with US regulators by the end of the month.”Even if that is achieved, and some Americans are vaccinated later this year, it will be many more months before there is widespread vaccination in this country, ” Biden said in a statement, noting that the vaccine does not change “reality. urgent “that Americans will have to rely on the use of masks, distancing and other mitigation measures in the coming months.As Biden received the news of the vaccine with cautious optimism, Trump – who said during the presidential campaign that a vaccine could be ready by Election Day – tweeted Monday: “STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE IS COMING SOON. THEY REPORT THAT IT IS 90% EFFECTIVE. VERY GOOD NEWS! “.

STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE COMING SOON. REPORT 90% EFFECTIVE. SUCH GREAT NEWS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020

Biden campaigned that diagnostic tests would be free and widely accessible, as well as hiring thousands of workers for contact tracing programs and instructing the Centers for Disease Control to offer clear guidelines based on expert recommendations. among other proposals.As a candidate, Biden made mismanagement of the pandemic at the hands of Trump a central theme of his campaign. But much of Biden’s proposals will require congressional intervention, and he is sure to encounter difficulties in divided houses of parliament.Who are Biden’s think tank to fight the coronavirus?Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are scheduled to receive a briefing from the newly formed advisory board, and after the meeting, the president-elect plans to deliver a speech on the pandemic.The group includes doctors and scientists who have worked in other governments, many of them experts in public health, vaccines and infectious diseases.It is headed by former director of public health Vivek Murthy; former head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), David Kessler , and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith , professor and researcher at Yale University.Also notable is the presence of Rick Bright , a vaccine expert and former head of the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority. Bright denounced that he was relegated to a lower position because he resisted political pressure to allow the use of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug promoted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19.Public health authorities warn that the country is entering its worst phase of the pandemic with the arrival of winter and the upcoming holiday season at the end of the year, which increase the risk of rapid infections as Americans travel, shop and celebrate with beloved.Other members of Biden’s team include Luciana Borio, a biodefense specialist; oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel, president of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health; Dr. Atul Gawande, health adviser to the Clinton administration; Dr. Celine Gounder, an expert in infectious diseases, HIV and tuberculosis; the pediatrician Julie Morita, specialist in immunizations; epidemiologist Michael Osterholm; Loyce Pace, Global Health Specialist; Robert Rodríguez, who has studied the mental health of medical professionals responsible for responding to COVID-19; and Dr. Eric Goosby, an expert in infectious diseases and HIV.