Unlike Fauci, Birx no longer appears on Sunday morning shows or cable news.
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Birx defends herself as Pelosi accuses Trump administration of spreading disinformation on Covid-19
Politico reported Pelosi told White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that Birx was the „worst“ and that they were in „horrible hands“ with her.
Asked on ABC‘s „This Week“ whether the account was true and if she has confidence in Birx, Pelosi said, „I think the President is spreading disinformation about the virus and she is his appointee, so I don‘t have confidence there, no.“
Pelosi Says Virus Task Force Head Birx Spreads Disinformation
“Deborah Birx is the worst. Wow, what horrible hands you’re in,” Pelosi said at the meeting, according to Politico.
A New York Times article in July on the Trump administration’s coronavirus response portrayed Birx as overly optimistic about the course of the pandemic. While voicing “tremendous respect” for Pelosi, Birx on Sunday criticized the newspaper’s reporting.
As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal
(09.05.2020)
Birx and others were frustrated with the CDC’s antiquated system for tracking virus data, which they worried was inflating some statistics — such as mortality rate and case count — by as much as 25 percent, according to four people present for the discussion or later briefed on it. Two senior administration officials said the discussion was not heated.
“There is nothing from the CDC that I can trust,” Birx said, according to two of the people.
Dr. Birx Says States Seeing ‚Dramatic Decline‘ In Percent of Coronavirus Positive Cases As Reopening Gets Underway
White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Brix says there has been „a dramatic decline across the states“ in the percent of coronavirus positive cases.
At a press conference on Friday, Brix said there have been „significant declines week over week“ in new COVID-19 cases.
As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal
(09.05.2020)
During a task force meeting Wednesday, a heated discussion broke out between Deborah Birx, the physician who oversees the administration’s coronavirus response, and Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Birx and others were frustrated with the CDC’s antiquated system for tracking virus data, which they worried was inflating some statistics — such as mortality rate and case count — by as much as 25 percent, according to four people present for the discussion or later briefed on it.
Questions raised over accuracy of US coronavirus death toll
Last week, The Washington Post reported that at a recent discussion on COVID-19 data, Birx told CDC Director Robert Redfield that “there is nothing from the CDC that I can trust.”
According to the paper, Birx and others feared the CDC was inflating coronavirus statistics, like mortality rates and case numbers, by up to 25 percent.
But not everyone shares the view that COVID-19 deaths are being overcounted.
Fauci walks back coronavirus comments that sparked fears of his firing
(today)
Fauci said that the „first and only time“ that he and coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx talked to Trump about „shutdown“-like mitigation policies, „the president listened to the recommendation and went to the mitigation.“
When Fauci and Birx went to Trump a second time advising him to extend the White House‘s social-distancing guidelines through the end of April, Trump „went with the health recommendations,“ Fauci said.
Dr. Birx: Gov‘t Is Counting Death of Anyone with Coronavirus as a COVID-19 Death, Regardless of Other Conditions
(08.04.2020)
“Right now, we’re still recording it, and the great thing about having forms that come in and a form that has the ability to mark it as COVID-19 infection, the intent is, right now — if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death,” she said.
Birx was asked if that approach might skew the data.
Deborah Birx: If Someone Dies w/ COVID-19, We Are Counting That As a COVID-19 Death
LAB TESTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTRIBUTE A DEATH TO COVID-19 ACCORDING TO CDC GUIDELINES!
Asked if he shares concerns that the number of coronavirus deaths will get „really bad“ given all available data, Trump says yes but quickly adds: „We have a lot of people dying of the flu… over 50,000.“
BIRX: „99% of all the mortality coming out of Europe, in general, is over 50 and pre-existing conditions.“
Dr Birx just said that the majority of people who are dying in Italy have „Three or more“ preexisting conditions. Wow
Live: Trump, AG Barr hold briefing with the Coronavirus Task Force
Expected live at 5:30 p.m. ET: The Coronavirus Task Force holds a daily briefing at the White House.