COVID-19 task force

The White House COVID-19 Response Taskforce held a briefing Friday morning to discuss President Joe Biden’s new vaccination mandate for all workplaces with over 100 employees.

In a White House briefing on Monday, the COVID-19 task force noted that nearly 1 in 3 Americans have at least one shot and that they’re seeing some peaks in cases among 18-24-year-olds.

Andy Slavitt, the White House senior advisor on the COVID-19 response, said on Friday there are delays in vaccination distribution due to the weather conditions across the United States. Slavitt announced that despite the weather conditions, five new vaccination sites would be opening.

On the same morning Pfizer revealed early data on its coronavirus vaccine that suggests it may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden also revealed the members of his of coronavirus task force, which will put together a blueprint for fighting the pandemic.

U.S. Rep. John B. Larson is now part of the Congressional Task Force with the White House on COVID-19 and the economy.  “As public health experts and most notably, Dr. Fauci have stated, the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis, which has devastated the economy,” Larson said in a statement. He said the health and economic...