This piece is...pretty damning?
Birx has repeatedly undermined her scientific credibility, publicly, in order to shield the President. The subtext of the piece is that she's doing so to get "what she wants."
Is the response we have....the response she wants?
Birx has repeatedly undermined her scientific credibility, publicly, in order to shield the President. The subtext of the piece is that she's doing so to get "what she wants."
Is the response we have....the response she wants?
What has she gotten?
Feds still a mess on testing, tracing, PPE. Her reopening criteria are widely ignored, including by Trump. CDC still suppressed. Death toll steadily rising.
Even the one "win" cited - Trump's brief pushback on Georgia - evaporated almost instantly.
Feds still a mess on testing, tracing, PPE. Her reopening criteria are widely ignored, including by Trump. CDC still suppressed. Death toll steadily rising.
Even the one "win" cited - Trump's brief pushback on Georgia - evaporated almost instantly.
The piece contrasts her and Fauci - casting Fauci as peripheral because Trump doesn't listen to him.
But at least much of the public listens to Fauci, trusts him, and takes his advice seriously.
The same can't (any longer) be said of Birx.
But at least much of the public listens to Fauci, trusts him, and takes his advice seriously.
The same can't (any longer) be said of Birx.
The responsibility of a scientist and public health expert in this kind of role is to help sound science navigate its way through the politics.
What Birx is achieving seems to be the inverse of that. Putting a patina of scientific credibility on the President's political aims.
What Birx is achieving seems to be the inverse of that. Putting a patina of scientific credibility on the President's political aims.
