No Link Between Reopening and New Cases: Food and Drug Chief

The White House Coronavirus Task Force has yet to see a relationship between states reopening and increased cases of Covid-19, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said.

“I do worry about the protests and the lack of masks,” Hahn said on an HHS podcast, noting daily demonstrations in major cities.

Hahn said the federal government’s “Operation Warp Speed” to develop a vaccine can become a pathway to “expediting medical product development” for other diseases.

“Let’s make this a permanent change at the FDA, if we can, in fact, show that it works, and I’m confident that we can,” he ...