Biden Picks New Covid-19 Czar

Biden picks Ashish Jha, as New Covid-19 Czar. He is the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, and will Lead the White House's Covid-19 Response.

He has been a regular Guest across Cable and Network News throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. He will replace Jeffrey Zients, who has Headed the Biden Administration’s Coronavirus Response, since January 2021, and will return to Private Life in April.

“Dr. Jha is one of the leading public health experts in America, and a well known figure to many Americans from his wise and calming public presence,” Biden said in a Thursday morning statement. “And as we enter a new moment in the pandemic – executing on my National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan and managing the ongoing risks from COVID – Dr. Jha is the perfect person for the job.”

He is a Graduate of Columbia University, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard University School of Public Health, Jha was appointed Dean at Brown in March 2020. He was Elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2013.

“Ashish will bring to President Biden and our nation what he has brought — and will bring back — to Brown: an unrivaled commitment to improving public health equitably, effectively, creatively, with heart and a commitment to science,” Brown University President Christina H. Paxson said in a statement.

Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, praised the Sselection of Jha, noting the importance of having a Public Health Communicator in the Role at this stage of the Pandemic. “His appointment is really confirmation that the White House understands that this is not over,” Becker said. “Putting a public health person in that role speaks volumes to me. They get it.”

Two years since the beginning of the Pandemic, Biden’s statement emphasized “safely moving back to more normal routines” by utilizing Testing, Treatments and Vaccines, noting “our work in combatting COVID is far from done.” In the past month, the CDC loosened its Mask Guidance and the White House scrapped its Mandate. And at last month’s State of the Union Address, where most Attendees, including the President, were Maskless, Biden emphasized that Covid-19 “need no longer control our lives.”










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