Former COVID Response Coordinator Criticizes Early Missteps
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Dr. Deborah Birx testified before a House subcommittee, saying unclear messaging in the early days of the pandemic resulted in inaction.
The former coordinator of President Trump's COVID-19 task force told lawmakers Thursday that the administration's response to the pandemic was mired by dangerous misinformation shared by one of the president's own advisers.
In her first testimony since leaving office, Dr. Deborah Birx told members of the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis that Dr. Scott Atlas — a radiologist and political commentator who was brought on as an adviser to the task force — advised President Trump to focus on only protecting those in nursing homes and allow others to get sick in order to reach herd immunity.
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