Not sure I'd consider creating a task force a success.
He appears to have chosen very competent, intelligent professionals.
Did you expect him to use his personal expertise in fighting this, or to wisely delegate the problem to those with the pertinent professional knowledge?
The author writes somewhat poorly. I believe his meaning was the effectiveness of having the task force to date has been positive.
Pretty early on to declare we are waging a successful war on a possible pandemic. Let wait three or four months and then analyze.
If it does the job and isn’t corrupted by dems, it’s a success....