The Hill: Biden seeks to use the bully pulpit he has on COVID-19
“President-elect Joe Biden is wasting no time in using his bully pulpit to push public health measures, like mask wearing and physical distancing, that public health experts say will work best to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19. Biden has promised a much more forceful federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic than President Trump and has announced his own COVID advisory board of health experts…” (Weixel, 11/11).

POLITICO: Transition delay hampers Biden’s ramp-up of Covid-19 response
“The Trump administration’s refusal to authorize a presidential transition is interfering with President-elect Joe Biden’s plans for a rapid scale-up of the federal coronavirus response, leaving the incoming administration locked out of key health agencies amid the spiraling pandemic. … GSA Administrator Emily Murphy’s failure to approve a transition process — as President Donald Trump refuses to concede the election — has prevented the Biden forces from deploying dozens of health officials and blocked them from accessing information and resources critical to combating the crisis…” (Cancryn, 11/10).