By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond
CNN
December 18, 2021
(CNN)President Joe Biden’s top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning — and a request.
Sitting at the head of his long conference table surrounded by top members of his Covid response team, Biden listened intently as the officials laid out the contours of a looming coronavirus surge that could accelerate rapidly, swamp hospitals and send the country into another bleak winter.