martes, 26 de mayo de 2020

An update on Congress and coronavirus

COVIDTaskForce.2020.5.21.pdf

D.C. Diagnosis

Nicholas Florko

An update on Congress and coronavirus

Lobbyists and reporters alike are still scratching their heads as to whether the Senate will pass a new coronavirus response package anytime soon, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from making some news.

Namely, bipartisan leadership of the House Energy & Commerce Committee is pushing the Trump administration for a national vaccine strategy that focuses “on manufacturing capabilities and how they will be brought to necessary scale, recommendations for prioritization and allocation of vaccines to at-risk populations … guidance on provider training, and public education and outreach efforts, as well as coverage considerations.” They also have a series of questions for the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, Deborah Birx, which they lay out in a new letter here.

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