But there is caution in Democratic circles after the bad turns from last summer and fall.

“We can’t spike the football when we’re dealing with a huge unknown,” the strategist said…

A group of outside health experts are preparing a detailed plan on a forward-looking COVID-19 strategy that they hope to have completed by early March and are planning to send to the White House, according to one former member of the Biden transition advisory team who is involved with the development of the plan.

The person described a shift in the White House strategy on COVID-19 as “critical” but said that the administration and the public health community need to handle the pivot carefully, given the unknowns of future variants and the large pool of unvaccinated people in the nation.

“We all have to be careful,” the person said. “Everyone.”