I may never be ready to offer Debbie Birx redemption

And she was a big part of that.

The White House coronavirus task force coordinator under former President Donald Trump says she believes the COVID-19 death toll in the country would have been “decreased substantially” had the previous government responded more effectively in the early days of the outbreak.

Dr Deborah Birx said that while the initial surge in March last year caught health officials off guard, better messaging and coordination from the government could have reduced the number of deaths later.

  alJazeera

And...why were they caught off guard? The Obama team handling the transition briefed them on the very real danger of a pandemic, and reports of this specific one were known in the international community from at least January last year.

“There were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge,” Birx said in an interview with CNN. “The rest of them, in my mind, could have been mitigated or decreased substantially.”

And yet, she stood up and spouted whatever nonsense she was told to spout.

In the CNN report, Admiral Brett Giroir, who headed the government’s testing effort, said the administration had lied about the number of publicly available tests, conflating available “components” needed to make the tests with ready-to-use tests.

And did Giroir say anything at the time? What's that? No?

Meanwhile, Dr Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention under Trump, told the network that then-health secretary Alex M Azar and his allies had pressured him to revise weekly COVID-19 morbidity and mortality reports.

And he, of couse, did it.

Birx, who has faced criticism for not standing up more forcefully in public to Trump’s misinformation about the pandemic, recounted a “very uncomfortable” call with the former president after describing how widespread the virus was in an interview with CNN in August last year, during which she told people living in rural areas that they were not immune.

Poor baby. An uncomfortable call. Let's hear from covid patients about comfort. The ones who didn't die, of course.

“Everybody in the White House was upset with that interview and the clarity that I brought about the epidemic,” Birx said.

“I got called by the president. It was very uncomfortable, very direct, and very difficult to hear.”

Debbie would like us to believe, contrary to her actual role, that she's a hero in this story.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

By the way

Fuck Deborah Birx.

She carried water for Donald Trump and 400,000 Americans have died for it.  She doesn't get to sidestep her role.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Good riddance

Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House's Coronavirus Task Force, says she plans to retire in the near future, capping a tumultuous run as one of the top U.S. officials guiding the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

[...]

Birx, 64, cited the strain the experience has put on her family. Birx was criticized after The Associated Press reported on Sunday that she spent time with family members at a vacation home after the Thanksgiving holiday, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance urging Americans not to travel or mix with those outside their own household.

  MSN

That's not the only problem with Birx.

"My trip to Delaware after the Thanksgiving holiday solely focused on preparing the property for a potential sale. Members of my immediate household assisted in that as well," she said.

It just happened to be necessary at Thanksgiving.

"As some members of my immediate family could be at risk for COVID-19, I am extremely vigilant in taking all precautions to protect them. I self-isolate, I wear a mask, and I get tested when I interact with them. My family and I follow and practice CDC guidelines, and I encourage all Americans, especially those in situations similar to mine, to do the same."

[...]

"This experience has been a bit overwhelming. It's been very difficult on my family. I think what was done in the last week to my family — you know, they didn't choose this for me," Birx told Newsy. "They've tried to be supportive, but to drag my family into this when it's — my daughter hasn't left that house in 10 months. My parents have been isolated for 10 months."

Same as millions of other people, Deb.

Birx said she wants the "Biden administration to be successful" and will "be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in."

"And then I will retire," she said.

Now's good, Deb.

 

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Of course she did

She's not the only one, just the latest to be outed.  She needs to lose her job.  As do all the other bigwigs who did the same.  I'm looking at you, Governor Newsome.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.