The President-Elect and the Pandemic

The nation might've been fixated on the election outcome last week, but that didn't put the pandemic on hold. In fact, Covid cases are at record-high levels. POLITICO’s Alice Miranda Ollstein breaks down President-Elect Biden’s plans for fighting the outbreak — and how another two months of a Trump presidency could complicate things. Plus, Stacey Abrams says the Georgia runoffs will be competitive. And Boris Johnson says he’ll work closely with Biden. Alice Miranda Ollstein is a health care reporter for POLITICO. Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Read more: Joe Biden will inherit a raging pandemic. Here’s what he plans to do next. Sign up for the Transition Playbook newsletter.