WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday stressed that he's concerned that the Trump administration has not yet greenlighted the formal transition to the incoming Biden administration, which the infectious disease expert said is key to the quick distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.
In an interview on NBC's "TODAY" show, host Savannah Guthrie asked Fauci whether he's concerned that the Trump administration has not signed off on the formal transition period for the Biden team.
"Obviously, it's something that we're concerned about," he said. "I mean, as you know, I've served in six administrations, so I've seen a number of transitions and I know that transitions are very important. Hopefully, we'll see that soon."
In other transition news:
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President-elect Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the economy in the afternoon after holding a briefing with labor leaders and the CEOs of General Motors, Gap, Microsoft and Target.
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Biden's transition team is working with recently departed Justice Department attorneys as well as former law enforcement personnel to get a window into the current administration, NBC News reported.
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Former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said he'd be open to a job in the Biden administration. Buttigieg, who became a top surrogate for Biden during the campaign, said in an interview on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" that he "would love a chance to return to public service but that's for the president-elect to decide. This administration is going to have enthusiastic support from me whether I'm on the inside or the outside."
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged Biden to free funding for the Gateway rail tunnel, which would connect New York and New Jersey, as soon as he can after he's sworn in. The $30 billion project has been stalled by the Trump administration, despite Trump's public support of the project.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the "incompetent" Trump administration has not "thought through" the vaccination distribution process.
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The Trump campaign has withdrawn a key piece of its Pennsylvania election lawsuit in which lawyers falsely claimed GOP poll watchers were not allowed to view the processing of ballots.
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Trump national security adviser Robert O'Brien took a much less defiant tone on the election results in remarks at a global security forum than his boss, saying "if the Biden-Harris ticket is determined to be the winner — and obviously things look that way now — we'll have a very professional transition from the National Security Council."
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After White House adviser Dr. Scott Atlas came under fire for his "rise up" tweet against lockdown measures in Michigan, he clarified that he "NEVER was talking at all about violence."
Fauci said that health care experts project that by the end of December, there will be doses of vaccines available for people in the high-risk category from both Pfizer and Moderna, which announced Monday that its vaccine candidate in Phase 3 trials is 94.5 percent effective.
"The vaccines are effective. We want to get it approved as quickly as we possibly can. We want to get doses to people starting in December, and then we want to really get the ball rolling as we get into January, February and March," Fauci said. "We want a smooth process with that and the way you do that is by essentially having the two groups speak to each other and exchange information."
Fauci's comments come as the General Services Administration has not signed off on the Biden transition team's services since the election was called more than a week ago.
Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of Maryland and a frequent Trump critic, described Biden's win as "overwhelming" at an event hosted by the Ronald Reagan Institute on Monday. Asked when he thought Trump should concede, he said, “The time has come.”
“I mean, more and more people, very close supporters and friends of the president, are all giving him that advice. He’s just not listening,” Hogan said.
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