NEW: In recent weeks, as the coronavirus continues to spread and health experts warn of a potential surge in cases across the country this summer, the White House Coronavirus Task Force has met formally just three times.
The task force report currently being drafted is expected to be far more of a highlights reel from the perspective of the president, who has chafed at criticism of his handling of the pandemic, officials said. It is unlikely to be a critical retrospective of what may have gone wrong and lessons learned that could be applied in a future pandemic, they said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was “monitoring closely” the huge gatherings that for the last three months were explicitly prevented by its own guidance, acknowledging that the “risk” of the coronavirus remains serious. The president also has privately shown a preference for Dr. Deborah Birx, the task force’s response coordinator, particularly for the way she briefs him. Birx also has a deftness at smoothing the edges of pushback on an idea the president proposes. She’s also among the members of the task force that officials talk about for a higher-profile job in the administration should there be a void, such as Health and Human Services secretary.
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