ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “My COVID team met with him [Dr. Fauci]. I asked him to stay on in the exact same role he’s had for the past several presidents. And I asked him to be a chief medical adviser for me as well and to be part of the COVID team…
We talked about masking. It is important that we, in fact, the president and the vice president, we set the pattern by wearing masks.
But, beyond that, where the federal government has authority, I’m going to issue a standing order that, in federal buildings, you have to be masked, and, in transportation, interstate transportation, you must be masked in airplanes and buses, et cetera…
I’m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask, just 100 days to mask, not forever, 100 days.
And I think we’ll see a significant reduction if we incur that — if that occurs, with [coronavirus] vaccinations and masking, to drive down the numbers considerably, considerably.”
-Joe Biden, “Interview with President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President- Elect Kamala Harris. Aired 9-10p ET,” cnn.com, Dec. 3, 2020