...Oh, noze! Not him!...
's vaccine distribution effort have not briefed anyone on President-elect Joe
Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden
...Candidate for president in 2020. The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...'s transition team, and have no plans to do so, a Democratic U.S. senator said after a White House call Thursday.
"Just off a conference call with Trump Administration vaccine distribution team," Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn)
...Junior senator for life from Connecticutt, foreign policy mastermind, a fast friend and a sympathetic ear to mullahs, ayatollahs, and similar riff-raff. The indigestable boilerplate on his website sez he has
has dedicated his career to public service as an advocate for Connecticut families,which means approximately nothing. He's been
a strong voice in the Senate fighting for job creation, affordable health care, education, sensible gun laws, and a forward-looking foreign policy.You can guess what that mess actually means, though the voters of Connecticutt can't...
said on Twitter. "They confirmed that they have not briefed anyone on President-elect Biden's team and have no plans to do so. This is potentially catastrophic."
Or not, as the case may be.
The call, for all senators, was conducted on Thursday morning by General Gustave Perna and Dr. Moncef Slaoui, leaders of "Operation Warp Speed," the administration's vaccine-development effort, a Congressional aide said.If only Joe Biden were still a senator, he would have been privy to the briefing without even having to pretend to run for president. Something for him to regret in the small hours of the night, it appears.
Asked for comment, White House front man Brian Morgenstern did not address whether Biden's team would be briefed, saying vaccine distribution plans from the Centers for Disease Control and state governors were publicly available.At least for those still able to remember how to get onto the internet and how to read, anyway.
"Manufacturing is well underway, and Dr. Slaoui confirmed that 20 million Americans are on track for vaccinations in December with tens of millions per month thereafter," Morgenstern said.A wave of coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
infection has gripped the United States and the corpse count surpassed 250,000 this week. A vaccine may be available in the coming months, but distributing it to over 300 million Americans might be complicated by special storage and transport conditions.
Except we already know that some very clever packaging means transport and storage at the receiving end are completely straightforward. Truly impressive.
Biden said on Wednesday that a range of information had not been made available to his campaign, including the distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccines. His administration is scheduled to take over the U.S. government on Jan. 20, when he is inaugurated.If, anyway. And should a Biden victory be certified, that will be plenty of time to brief his COVID management team. But since Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, MD is involved, we already know that his answer is to let everyone not deemed important live or die as fate decides — so really there is no urgency.
Failure to promptly share critical COVID-19 data with Biden's team will cause needless, deadly delays in tackling the pandemic, leaders of the U.S. medical establishment said in a letter to Trump Tuesday.Yeah, right.
Biden's transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Emily Murphy, administrator of the General Services Administration, a generally little-known agency that keeps the U.S. government running, has so far refused to "ascertain" the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election between Biden and Trump, a condition for releasing funds and resources to the winner.
Carry on, Ms Murphy. You’re doing fine.
Despite a clear margin of victory for Biden, Trump has refused to concede, and his legal challenges are fizzling.Or not, depending on developments.
But he has been backed up by many of his fellow Republicans, both in Washington and around the country.Yup.