Deborah Birx's book trashed in scathing editorial: She 'waited to warn about Trump until damage was done'
2 years, 7 months ago

Deborah Birx's book trashed in scathing editorial: She 'waited to warn about Trump until damage was done'

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board slammed former Trump COVID-19 adviser Dr. Deborah Birx for coming forward with a book attacking former President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic — when she did little to fight this mismanagement while in office herself. "In a new book, she describes decisions being made for political rather than medical reasons, bureaucratic morass that stifled data-gathering, and a president who didn’t want to hear bad news," wrote the board. "Birx seldom if ever publicly pushed back against or corrected Trump’s myriad assaults on the truth in those early days of the pandemic," noted the board. "Whatever value Birx’s behind-the-scenes observations might have, her book should be seen as the same kind of cynical redemption project that former Attorney General William Barr, former press secretary Stephanie Grisham and other Trump administration refugees have felt compelled to undertake," wrote the board.

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In new book, Birx describes how data failures, bureaucracy and politics hindered Covid-19 response
2 years, 7 months ago

In new book, Birx describes how data failures, bureaucracy and politics hindered Covid-19 response

CNN  

CNN — Issues with data collection and testing, slow communication and interpersonal conflicts within the Trump administration hurt the initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, former White House Coronavirus Response Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says in her new book, published Tuesday. We didn’t have the virus under control.” Aside from a “dysfunctional” White House, …

New book suggests Birx wanted Trump to lose presidential election
3 years, 6 months ago

New book suggests Birx wanted Trump to lose presidential election

CNN  

CNN — A new book written by one of President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus advisers suggests Dr. Deborah Birx hoped former President Donald Trump would lose the 2020 presidential election. In “Preventable,” his new book detailing the federal government’s failures on mitigating the pandemic, Andy Slavitt writes that he met with Birx last August in Minnesota after she briefed local …

Here are 10 things the ‘pandemic doctors’ revealed to Dr. Sanjay Gupta about their time fighting Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

Here are 10 things the ‘pandemic doctors’ revealed to Dr. Sanjay Gupta about their time fighting Covid-19

CNN  

Watch “COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out” at 8 p.m. Friday, April 2 on CNN. Asked if there was a moment when he knew the danger was going to be big, Fauci said “When I saw what happened in New York City, almost overrunning of our health care system, it was like, ‘Oh my goodness.’ “ “That’s when it …

US COVID deaths could have been ‘decreased substantially’
3 years, 8 months ago

US COVID deaths could have been ‘decreased substantially’

Al Jazeera  

Deborah Birx, Trump-era coordinator of the COVID task force, says the previous government’s pandemic response was lacking. 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 …

America’s pandemic dead deserve accountability after Birx disclosure
3 years, 8 months ago

America’s pandemic dead deserve accountability after Birx disclosure

CNN  

CNN — The hundreds of thousands of citizens whose deaths from Covid-19 could have been avoided are owed national and political accountability, but the polarization of America that exacerbated the pandemic threatens to deprive them of their due. Revelations by Birx, a highly respected international health expert before she became coronavirus response coordinator for the Trump White House, and by …

Dr. Deborah Birx’s shocking interview is way too late (opinion)
3 years, 10 months ago

Dr. Deborah Birx’s shocking interview is way too late (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind.” Follow her on Twitter. After nearly a year of supposedly coordinating the Trump White House’s coronavirus response, Dr. Deborah Birx went public about the mishandling of a pandemic that has left more than 400,000 …

Dr. Deborah Birx: I always considered quitting Trump’s White House Covid task force
3 years, 11 months ago

Dr. Deborah Birx: I always considered quitting Trump’s White House Covid task force

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Deborah Birx “always” considered quitting then-President Donald Trump’s White House coronavirus task force and was troubled by colleagues’ perceptions that she had become political, she said in an interview clip released Friday. And it’s something I asked myself every night.” When asked whether she had ever considered quitting, she replied, “Always.” Birx’s detail from the US Centers …

Dr Birx warns that US is entering 'most concerning and most deadly phase' of coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

Dr Birx warns that US is entering 'most concerning and most deadly phase' of coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mail  

White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr Deborah Birx has warned that the US is entering its deadliest phase of the pandemic, contradicting President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the nation is 'rounding the corner'. White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr Deborah Birx warned that the US is entering its deadliest phase of the pandemic in an internal report on Monday …

The mystery of Dr. Birx (opinion)
4 years, 4 months ago

The mystery of Dr. Birx (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kent Sepkowitz is a CNN medical analyst and a physician and infection control expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. CNN — As the Covid-19 debacle continues to worsen, Dr. Deborah Birx, who entered the scene in March as Corona Task Force Chair Vice President Mike Pence’s “right arm,” has emerged as a new person …

Birx stung by first public attack from Trump
4 years, 4 months ago

Birx stung by first public attack from Trump

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Deborah Birx was stung by President Donald Trump’s tweet criticizing her after she offered what she believed was an accurate assessment of the current state of coronavirus outbreaks in the US, a person familiar with her reaction told CNN Tuesday. After Birx warned the pandemic is “extraordinarily widespread” across the country, Trump, who has otherwise praised the …

Trump criticizes Birx for the first time after she issues coronavirus warnings
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump criticizes Birx for the first time after she issues coronavirus warnings

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump criticized Dr. Deborah Birx in a Monday tweet after she warned the pandemic is “extraordinarily widespread” in the US. While Trump and other top White House officials have publicly attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the tweet marked the first time Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, publicly drew Trump’s ire. She did …

Birx defends herself as Pelosi accuses Trump administration of spreading disinformation on Covid-19
4 years, 4 months ago

Birx defends herself as Pelosi accuses Trump administration of spreading disinformation on Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Deborah Birx on Sunday strongly defended her record amid criticism from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she doesn’t have confidence in the White House coronavirus task force coordinator’s handling of the pandemic. On “State of the Union,” Birx told CNN’s Dana Bash that she has “tremendous respect” for Pelosi, but criticized a New York Times article last …

June 28, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

June 28, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in Washington, DC, on June 26. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Sunday there is “scientific evidence that masks both keep you from infecting others but may also partially protect you from getting infected.” Officials have mentioned this possibility before, but it has not …

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