The White House announced Thursday its coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients is stepping down after managing the federal response to the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus for more than a year, which included coordinating the largest-ever government distribution of vaccines. In a statement, President Joe Biden announced that Zients will be replaced by the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, Dr. Ashish Jha, to lead what the White House has characterized as “a new moment” in its fight against the virus. Zients will leave the role next month and return to private life. Biden praised Zients as a “man of service and an expert manager” adding that he will “miss his counsel and [is] grateful for his service.” Biden touted Zients’s role in the federal effort to vaccinate 80 percent of American adults, reopen schools, and distribute at-home COVID tests. “Thanks to all the progress …