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Anyone know the woman behind Trump? (Original Post)
LiberalFighter
Feb 2020
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LiberalFighter
(50,888 posts)1. Never mind
It is Anne Schuchat. She is CDC Deputy.
jayfish
(10,039 posts)2. Forgot Her Name/Title But I Admire...
her ability to keep her eyes from rolling right out of their sockets.
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)3. Yes. It is Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS, RET) Principal Dep. Director of CDC
Bless her stoic face.
She's career (like Anthony Fauci of NIH) and thus not one of Trump's political appointee hacks.
lame54
(35,284 posts)4. She smiled when he said..
We should wash our hands and stay inside if we are feeling poorly
The only practical thing said at this conference
Of course she said all this first
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)5. If you could put a thought balloon over her head, it would say "this too shall pass"
I can assure you that he's not the first moron she's dealt with, though undoubtedly the worst.
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)6. If trump can keep his fingers out of this
we may be OK.
Celerity
(43,314 posts)7. The fictional character of Erin Mears in the 2011 film Contagion is partially based on Schuchat and
her career. British actress Kate Winslet, who portrays the character, consulted with Schuchat in the process of preparing for the role.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Schuchat