Biden plans to ask Americans to wear masks for first 100 days in office, says Fauci will be chief medical adviser – Boston.com

Biden plans to ask Americans to wear masks for first 100 days in office, says Fauci will be chief medical adviser – Boston.com

President-elect Joe Biden says he is keeping Dr. Anthony Fauci on as a chief medical adviser and a member of his COVID-19 advisory team.

Biden made the comments Thursday during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. He said he spoke with Fauci earlier in the day about the need to instill confidence in any coronavirus vaccine and the fact that “you don’t have to close down the economy” to combat the virus.

Biden says he’d be “happy” to get a vaccine in public to prove its safety.

The president-elect also said he would ask the public to wear masks for 100 days to help drive down the spread of the virus, which has killed more than 275,000 Americans.

“In the first day I’m inaugurated… I’m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask, just 100 days, to mask. Not forever. 100 days.”

President-elect Joe Biden shares his masking plan during an exclusive interview with @JakeTapper.

The full @CNN conversation airs at 9 pm ET. pic.twitter.com/wHd3gNbBLL

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) December 3, 2020

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Published at Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:48:25 +0000