The pandemic may not be over. But there’s a growing sense among officials inside the White House that their days on the front lines of the Covid fight may be numbered.
White House Covid Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, right, listens to President Joe Biden speak as he returns from COVID-19 during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 27, 2022. | Andrew Harnik/AP Phoyo
“We know how to manage fluctuations in Covid-19, and do so safely,” White House Covid response coordinator Ashish Jha said Tuesday. “If people step up and do what is necessary, we can get through this winter with far less suffering, far less death, far less disruption.” President Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Sept. 6, 2022, in Washington. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Any such transition could take months given the White House’s role coordinating Covid initiatives that cut across the government, and Biden aides have yet to plot out a timeline. They also stressed that Covid’s persistence means the federal response is unlikely to ever end, only evolve. The most pressing priority of the COVID team is to make it through the fall and winter seasons that could plunge the country right back into crisis.
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