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The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the federal government is trying to “avoid lockdowns at all costs”, but emphasized that people are going to have to take precautions to stop the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant.

Francis Collins, director the NIH, told Good Morning America this morning that people are going “to have to do some things that won’t necessarily be welcomed by people” like wearing masks indoors, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended in guidance released last week.

National Institute of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speaks with @GStephanopoulos about the potential of booster shots.https://t.co/E5rklA7EFq pic.twitter.com/3WLCPgAMvn

In the aftermath of the presidential election last year, Donald Trump quickly drew up arsenals for financial support, creating a new political action committee called “Save America” that he said would challenge the election results in court.

But the Pac has not spent any money on litigation, despite these promises. Here’s Peter Stone with more for the Guardian:

Critics note Trump has built an arsenal of political committees and nonprofit groups, staffed with dozens of ex-administration officials and loyalists, which seem aimed at sustaining his political hopes for a comeback, and exacting revenge on Republican congressional critics. These groups have been aggressive in raising money through at times misleading appeals to the party base which polls show share Trump’s false views he lost the White House due to fraud.

Just days after his defeat last November, Trump launched a new political action committee, dubbed Save America, that together with his campaign and the Republican National Committee quickly raked in tens of millions of dollars through text and email appeals for a Trump “election defense fund”, ostensibly to fight the results with baseless lawsuits alleging fraud.

Related: ‘A one-man scam Pac’: Trump’s money hustling tricks prompt fresh scrutiny

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