WH COVID-19 Task Force To Hold Briefing For First Time In Almost Two Months

Vice President Mike Pence, standing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force team, speaks during a press briefing at the White House on March 10, 2020. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Vice President Mike Pence is slated to lead a press briefing with the White House COVID-19 task force on Friday.

According to the White House’s press release, Pence will hold the briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at 12:30 PM ET.

The announcement does not mention whether Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, the most prominent health experts on the task force, will be present. Devin O’Malley, a spokesperson for Pence, would not tell TPM who would be at the briefing, saying only that “medical experts will be there.”

Friday’s briefing comes after the death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. exceeded 124,000 and the number of cases reached nearly 2.5 million.

The White House hasn’t held a task force media conference since late April, shortly after Trump infamously claimed injecting bleach would cure the virus.

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  1. Well I guess Pence will lead the pray-away the virus PR stunt. As to the feds actually doing something, or continue to do something badly I am resigned. :frowning_face:

  2. Well now that you know they are coming…

  3. This could be the reason for the WH briefing:

    Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told me in an interview last night that health officials are having “intense discussions” about what’s known as “pool testing.” The idea is that by testing samples from many people all together, officials could test more people with fewer resources. And those who are infected could be more quickly found and isolated.

    However, this good turn does NOT negate the really cruel and inhumane act of the Trump MAL-administration/DOJ in continuing their cases in the SC to invalidate the ACA!

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2020/06/26/the-health-202-the-trump-administration-is-eyeing-a-new-testing-strategy-for-coronavirus-anthony-fauci-says/5ef4f629602ff1080718f308/?itid=hp_hp-top-table-high_health202-830a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

  4. How-ja do. How-ja do. How-ja do.

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