Biden Announces Membersbr of COVID-19 Task Force.br On Monday, Joe Biden began his transition to the presidencybr by announcing the creation of a COVID-19 task force. .br The team includes a number ofbr former government health officialsbr and experts in public health, vaccinesbr and infectious diseases. .br Notably included on the list is Rick Bright, br former head of the vaccine-development agency BARDA,br who was ousted by the Trump administration in April.br The list also contains surgeonbr and writer Atul Gawande, formerbr FDA official Luciana Borio, former surgeonbr general Vivek Murthy and Yale Universitybr professor Marcella Nunez-Smith. .br The 13-member task force will develop abr blueprint for fighting the COVID-19 pandemicbr and offer guidance to Biden and Kamala Harris. .br The advisory board will help shape mybr approach to managing the surge in reportedbr infections; ensuring vaccines are safe, effective,br and distributed efficiently, equitably, and free;br and protecting at-risk populations, Joe Biden, via AP News.br Biden’s creation of the task force signals his administration’sbr intent to take a more science-based approach to COVID-19. .br Dealing with the coronavirus pandemicbr is one of the most important battles ourbr administration will face, and I will bebr informed by science and by experts, Joe Biden, via AP News.br Public health officials are warning thatbr the United States is about to enter thebr worst stretch of COVID-19 yet. .br The U.S. is currently averaging more thanbr 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day.