6 public-health experts offer a coronavirus agenda for Biden and Harris' first day in office, should they win

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• The winner of the 2020 US presidential election will inherit the worst public-health crisis in a century.
• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have promised that if they take office in January, they'll instate new measures to ramp up testing and safely reopen more sectors of the economy. 
• We asked 6 public-health experts to set an agenda for Biden and Harris' first day in office, should they win.
• The experts made a clear request: Put the scientists in charge.
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A new set of leaders could be running the US' coronavirus response come January.

After presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, they hinted at their plans to tackle the US coronavirus outbreak during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware. Their strategy would include reinforcing the use of face masks, ramping up testing, and delivering more resources to states so that schools and businesses could safely reopen.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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