In final act, Pence’s task force admits it failed to beat coronavirus

By Rob Crilly

Published January 20, 2021 8:00pm ET

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In final act, Pence’s task force admits it failed to beat coronavirus — Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March, 9, 2020, about the coronavirus outbreak with members of his task force, including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Dr. Robert Kadlec, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma.

It is too early to declare victory over a pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 people in the United States. That is the final word of Vice President Mike Pence’s coronavirus task force in a report delivered to President Trump and his successor Joe Biden.

The sobering conclusion of the document, detailing the work of the task force, marks a break from Trump’s hyperbolic claims of “miracles” and frequent declarations that triumph was at hand.

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