Biden names Trump-fired surgeon general as a head of his COVID-19 task force

Hit the deck running. Go get'em Joe.

In a pandemic there are two sides to the coin. Two avenues of approach which Trump did not accomplish well.

A. There has to be a medical leader and team of various medical entities. There duties include:
- Research the pathogen
- Research for vaccinations
- Giving guidance to the hospitals and states
- Giving strategic medical messages to the public
- Supporting states and hospitals
- Monitoring metrics and PPEs

B. The other side of the coin is to organize a team that takes advantage of all the expertise and capacities of Federal Cabinets and Agencies. It provides for capacities and crosstalk to support states and hospitals in a vertical manner as well. This is a large undertaking and DHS has the lead to provide leadership to this interagency team. Not all cabinets and agencies are applicable.

ARNORTH has a 3 star Combatant Commander and a superb and varied staff who monitors all the threats against the country to include pandemics. The Commander will determine how DOD assets will be used for pandemic purposes. I firmly believe ARNORTH is a force multiplier as it can track many tasks and missions simultaneously. It provides liaison officers to the states and can use FEMA funds to make and pay for contracts quickly. As an example it can use FEMA funds to charter planes or purchase requisite supplies.

The US should have started assembling these teams in February but did not.

CABINETS
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Finance Committee
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Trade Representative
Director of National Intelligence
Office of Management and Budget
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

AGENCIES
2 Federal Judiciary of the United States
2.1 Specialty Courts
3 Executive Office of the President
3.1 White House Office
4 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
4.1 Office of the Secretary of Agriculture
4.2 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC)
4.3 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS)
4.4 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety
4.5 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP)
4.6 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment (NRE)
4.7 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics (REE)
4.8 Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development (RD)
4.9 Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA)
5 United States Department of Commerce
5.1 Office of the Secretary (OS)
6 United States Department of Defense (DOD)
6.1 Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
6.2 Universities and Research Institutes
6.3 Unified Combatant Commands
6.4 Joint Agencies
6.5 Department of the Army
6.6 Department of the Navy
6.7 Department of the Air Force
7 United States Department of Education
7.1 Office of the Secretary of Education (OSE)
7.2 Office of Deputy Secretary of Education (ODSE)
7.3 Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
7.4 Office of the Under Secretary (OUS)
7.5 White House Initiatives and Operating Commissions
7.6 Advisory Bodies
7.7 Federally-Aided Corporations
8 United States Department of Energy
9 United States Department of Health and Human Services
10 United States Department of Homeland Security
10.1 Agencies and Offices, Library and Coast Guard, and Teams and schools
10.2 Offices and Councils
10.3 Management
10.4 National Protection and Programs
10.5 Science and Technology
11 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
11.1 Agencies
11.2 Offices and Centers and Library and University
11.3 Corporation
12 United States Department of the Interior (DOI)
13 United States Department of Justice
14 United States Department of Labor (DOL)
14.1 Office of the Secretary (OSEC)
15 United States Department of State (DOS)
15.1 Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, Library, Boards, Councils, and Schools
15.2 Permanent Diplomatic Missions
16 United States Department of Transportation
16.1 Operating Administrations
17 United States Department of the Treasury
17.1 Departmental Offices[9]
17.2 Bureaus[10]
18 United States Department of Veterans Affairs
18.1 Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
18.2 V.A. Agencies

He should start drafting some executive orders.