Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House’s COVID-19 task force, said on Thursday night that she and the White House are editing the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guide on reopening the economy after President Donald Trump’s administration nixed it the first time.
“We are in deep partnership with CDC, both for the White House guidelines that were put out on how to open up America again, but also the details behind the guidelines,” Birx told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
The doctor said those recommendations are “still being worked on.”
She claimed that “no one has stopped those guidelines,” though a task official confirmed as much earlier on Thursday when reports of the White House shelving the CDC’s guide emerged.
Birx also said that the edits are based on science, not politics.
“I like to believe that I’m a scientist, and I’ve been working with the CDC on the edits,” she told Cooper. “It was more about simplification to really make sure that both the American people as well as public health officials understand the guidelines, and then really working on a whole area on surveillance for asymptomatic individuals.”
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A total aside, but all her different scarves seem silly to me, but in reality they are just her and/or a woman’s version on all the different ties that men wear.
More like “I can’t figure out who to suck up to to keep my job”. Birx’s lack of integrity compared to Fauci is a thing to behold. #ettd.
Republicans are going to try to steal the election. This is not hyperbole – they have been engaged in voter suppression for decades and have now shown that they have no legal or ethical boundaries when it comes to maintaining political power.
We really need some kind of plan for how to respond to this. Currently the response of the left is to simply express outrage on cable television. Only fool would put their faith in institutions controlled by Republicans.
Sorry for being off-topic but it is extremely frustrating to hear people talk about how much they trust Bill Barr (prior to his confirmation), Robert Mueller, the Supreme Court, etc. All of those people/institutions will stand aside while the GOP throws out millions of ballots and claims victory.
“I like to believe that I’m a scientist, and I’ve been working with the CDC on the edits,” she told Cooper
Well, that depends. If you are a scientist doing science then you are a scientist.
If you are a politician doing politics then you are a politician.
Thinking she can keep the boundaries straight in this administration with Benadick Being’adick Donnie is rather remarkable.
“We’re working on simplifying the guidelines so the public can understand them. We’re dumbing them down so they are so dumb the public doesn’t see any reason to have them. I like to think I’m a scientist.”