I like to travel. No way I'm leaving this cushy job. Jim Acosta is a fake reporter!
Posted on 09/25/2020 10:05:29 AM PDT by conservative98
While President Trump continues to be at odds with his administration on the science of the coronavirus, the task force member tries to stop the spread on the ground.
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WASHINGTON — Since July, Dr. Deborah Birx has logged thousands of miles, mostly by rental car, in order to gather ground-level reports on the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and infected millions more.
As President Donald Trump continues to publicly contradict many of his administration’s top experts on everything from vaccine timelines to the wearing of masks — all while holding large campaign rallies — Birx’s trips have a more practical purpose, as well: to ensure the public doesn’t get complacent about the virus.
Visiting more than 25 states in her capacity as the White House task force response coordinator, Birx has paid particular attention to the spread of Covid-19 on college campuses, as the president continues to falsely claim that the virus affects “virtually nobody” who is young.
Since March, Birx has been a consistent voice of caution, typically appearing at the president’s side in briefings to deliver stark warnings of what might happen if the public doesn’t heed safety guidelines.
But while she was a near-constant presence in task force news conferences in the early days, much of Birx’s critical work is now taking place outside the White House grounds, marking a shift in strategy.
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The White House has pushed back strongly at the suggestion that Birx has been sidelined, with an official stressing her recent absence from Washington is an asset in combating the virus at a hyperlocal level.
“All of the medical experts in the Administration are working together around the clock to carry out the president's number one priority: protecting the health and safety of the American people and defeating this virus from China,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement. “President Trump relies on the advice and counsel of all of his top health officials every day and any suggestion that their role is being diminished is just false.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, another key member of the task force and a leading infectious disease expert, continues his work with the team and does frequent media interviews but rarely appears with the president these days.
Birx’s messaging, which almost always includes specific advice for millennials and younger generations who may not be taking the virus seriously enough, has often been at odds with Trump’s own words and recommendations.
“Tens of thousands of lives will be saved if we wear masks and we don’t have parties in our backyards,” Birx said last month in Little Rock, Arkansas. Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on how useful masks may be.
What a waste of time.
Mama needs a new Hermès scarf!
Translation: Shut up or become tropical disease treatment coordinator in Nome, Alaska.
Yep... this ding-a-ling was at Baylor a few days ago spewing her nonsense.
Lock her up! Lock her up!
Oh please have everyone wear a mask forever. I just love not being able to understand a word anyone says to me.
Enough already. H1N1 came and went without a whisper and how many died? As for Covid, how many deaths were caused by governors sending those who had the disease to a nursing home?
“15,days to flatten the curve”, you lying, propagandizing pieces of s**t.
I thought she was quitting.
I guess she is on a “Fear Tour”.
So when does Debbie DoRight condemn mass Chinese immigration to the United States, which is the real reason for the pandemic?
Will she go on the road to support the travel ban permanently? Or to institute health exams like the US used to have for “immigrants” 100 years ago?
Nope. That would be Waciss. So it’s better to destroy the US economy, hamstring the populace and turn our entire world upside down to....accommodate Chinese immigration.
Somehow I don’t think the Pennsylvania Good Girl will go down that road.
...go look at that video of that poor mom in Ohio who was tasered, handcuffed and arrested for NOT wearing a mask while OUTSIDE at her son’s football game...
and look at the video of that fellow in Idaho who was cuffed and arrested for singing religious songs OUTSIDE without a mask.... that’s where we are in this country today, folks. We have become compliant sheep... as Tucker Carlson has often said, “Just shut up and obey...!!”
I can only hope that Trump plans to fire Fauci and Birx after Election Day when he no longer has to worry about the electoral implications of panicking suburban Karens.
It still stuns me to see so many people alone in their cars wearing a mask. Or riding a bike or just walking down the sidewalk alone.
Who do they think they are protecting?
It's all virtue signaling, something I cannot explain.
My son went through a stem cell transplant last year. We learned all about masks. These handkerchiefs and paper masks that people are wearing are worthless.
“It still stuns me to see so many people alone in their cars wearing a mask.”
It stuns me to see ANY healthy American wearing a mask any time.
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