Dr Birx told Trump in April that the coronavirus would soon be gone

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

and influenced the administration's push to reopen the economy and lift lockdown

Dr Deborah Birx, the chief medical officer on the White House coronavirus task force, told the Trump administration in April that it was not a long term problem for the U, reported The New York Times.

Birx claimed that the virus in the US would follow the same trajectory as it did in Italy, with a sharp spike in infections followed by a gradual decline in infections.

The optimistic picture provided by Birx was reportedly welcomed by Trump administration officials, as the president pushed for states to lift lockdown and measures and for the economy to gear up ahead of November's presidential election.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dr-birx-told-president-trump-115553164.html

And there were others who disagreed. Trump chose to listen to Birx.

[Historic NY]

1. Her opinions are becoming meaningless as she tries to suckup to Trump

She has hitched her wagon to Trump period.

[Docreed2003]

2. I think this is probably spot on

Birx seemed ready and willing to promote and support the Trump response all spring. However, we're seeing so many of the stories about Birx emerging, could this be a means for the Trump people to say "Gee, he listened to our expert and she was wrong. See it's not his fault!"

[uponit7771]

5. +1, I'd like to here her back this claim up cause Red Don would throw people under the bus & expect

... them to be quite cause that's what sick in the head people do.

[Disaffected]

3. Dr Brix and Dr Nick

Went to the same upstairs medical academy.

[SergeStorms]

43. This Dr. Nick?

Yeah, you're correct about them going to the same medical school.

[Disaffected]

45. The very one. nt

[uponit7771]

4. I don't believe this, I'd like to hear that backed up by her own words. They could be trying to ...

... throw her under the bus too and the press in the US is too sloppy to do concrete follow up.

[niyad]

11. You could read the NYT article confirming this from yesterday.

[uponit7771]

23. If it doesn't quote her I'm not taking it in no matter the source. With this information we need

... to hear Birx's own words and not people in the admin willing to throw people under the bus cause their lord and savior is a fuck up.

[ChiTownDenny]

36. She refused to be interviewed for the article. n/t

[OhNo-Really]

34. NFW! Even if she did, Trumps owns this murderous mismanagement

Certainly Dr Fauci & Dr. Redmond disagreed. This is a blatant lie.

What, did they bribe her with Gucci & Pure Gold scarfs? Threaten her family? Compromat?

Is our goose cooked?

[Iliyah]

6. It is really hard to believe that . .

I see they are shifting blame on someone else although I feel that she is not as qualified as other experts concerning the virus, but shithole was thinking about the virus disappearing probably back in late 2019 or very early 2020. t-rump's main concern is re-election and that centers around the economy.

Just my opinion.

[niyad]

12. See the NYT article from yesterday.

[barbtries]

7. whatever kind of soul that woman ever have

she sold it right on down the river for trump. all he needed was one scientist to say what he wanted to hear. the more i think on this the more pissed i am.

[SunSeeker]

8. She should resign.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. She should go. She sold out and stayed when proven wrong

She may or may not have told him it depended on masking and a high degree of isolation, but regardless he heard only what he wanted to hear and she was/is fine with that.

Her actions are a disservice to Americans.

[gibraltar72]

10. And he chose the model developed by a half ass economist.

Tell him what he wants to hear. Not what he needs to hear.

[Hekate]

13. Everything Trump Touches Dies, and respected Dr Birx got sucked in to the whirlpool

[jcgoldie]

14. She's a dominionist like Barr, Pence, Pompeo...

This is bigger than getting "sucked in" by conman Trump.

[OMGWTF]

30. Fking religion! It destroyed my family and now it's destroying my country.

I don't need religion; I have a conscience.

[niyad]

15. The first time I saw her at one of those "briefings", she had that nancy reagan stepford wives

look on her face as she looked at covidiot45*. And when she did not get up and leave during that insane Lysol/lightbulb bs, she surrendered whatever atom of integrity she might have had left. Like so many others, she sold her professional standing and her soul, to the murderer in chief.

[PatSeg]

32. What I noticed about her in the beginning

was that she was so chipper and cheerful in the midst of a serious pandemic, as if she was talking about an upcoming holiday celebration, not a potentially deadly disease. It was as if she enjoyed playing to the camera. I didn't care for her from day one.

[durablend]

16. Never trusted her

She sounds like another Debbie Dimwit

[Hortensis]

17. "Dr. Birx was more central than publicly known to the

judgment inside the West Wing that the virus was on a downward path. Colleagues described her as dedicated to public health and working herself to exhaustion to get the data right.

But her model-based assessment nonetheless failed to account for a vital variable: how Mr. Trump’s rush to urge a return to normal would help undercut the social distancing and other measures that were holding down the numbers."

While attempting to feed TrumpCo sugar-coated information that wouldn't be flat spat out, she didn't adequately account for the effect her one-soft-peddling-voice-among-20,000-alarm-sounders would have on Trump's decisions to completely ignore her advice and thus on the consequent disease course. Trump's determination to completely REFUSE to address the pandemic, only demonstrated over time, was not a factor plugged into her model.

[Me.]

38. Apparently She & Jared Are Now Buds

He likes how she can think out of the box according to a NYT's piece posted someone here yesterday

[bullimiami]

18. I dont care for her but I dont believe for a second that she told them ..

that the virus would take the same trajectory as italy regardless of how we acted.

shes a doctor, not a moron.

trump otoh is a moron, not a doctor.

this sounds like what trump decided would happen, in one ear, through the mangled synapses, out the mouth.

[exboyfil]

21. And when it started going off the rails

She and Fauci should have gone on every network even if means their jobs to emphasize how important it is to do the following. Fauci did some. She kept cleaning up after Trump's messes.

[Generic Brad]

26. Morons can be doctors

Case in point: Ben Carson.

[bullimiami]

44. touche'

[WePurrsevere]

19. Sounds like the newest 'shift the blame' BS by the WH...

If she just rolls over and takes it she's a damn fool. Trump and Cons throw people under the bus all of the time, it's just her turn in the barrel.

Oh and one of the things that makes me think this is a set up is that the article ends quoting a WH spokesperson with the normal SSDD, 'Trump is awesome it's not him it's those pesky Democrats and radical left', 'shift the blame' BS...

"President Trump and his bold actions from the very beginning of this pandemic stand in stark contrast to the do-nothing Democrats and radical left who just complain, criticize and condemn anything this president does to preserve this nation," White House spokesman Judd Deere told the Times.

I wonder how much a soul goes for these days. There seems to be a rush to sell by Trump humping Cult45ers.

[exboyfil]

20. She flushed her credibility in March

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2020/march/us-coronavirus-task-force-coordinator-tells-news-communities-have-the-ability-to-stop-spreading-virus


Birx explained that President Trump has been mindful of the details that continue to come in about the COVID-19.

"He has been so attentive to the details and the data and his ability to analyze and integrate data has been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues," she added.

[empedocles]

22. Birx might be remembered for announcing that tennis could be safely social

distancing in a way that involved players 'not touching each other's balls'.

[COLGATE4]

24. Scarfy has been a sellout for Trump almost from the very

beginning. I vividly remember he chastising the press telling them how Trump was a master at grasping facts rapidly. She's protecting her career, nothing more.

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. her opinions are as dead to me as those from all republicans, libertarians,

and conservatives. Waste of time, always wrong.

[OMGWTF]

27. See you in hell Scarf Lady.

[gab13by13]

29. Yeah, that was her #1 goal,

to show off her scarf du jour.

I thought Rick Wilson was overboard when he said everything Trump touches dies, but he is spot on.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. If this country had done a hard shut down as did Italy, yeah,

we'd have followed the same trajectory.

[mgardener]

31. Yes but...

It seemed Trump changed the variable by pushing re opening.


Dr. Birx was more central than publicly known to the judgment inside the West Wing that the virus was on a downward path. Colleagues described her as dedicated to public health and working herself to exhaustion to get the data right, but her model-based assessment nonetheless failed to account for a vital variable: how Mr. Trump’s rush to urge a return to normal would help undercut the social distancing and other measures that were holding down the numbers.

[patphil]

33. Trump listened to her because she told him what he wanted to hear.

Even when it was obvious she was wrong, he still held onto her assessment because he desperately needed the virus to go away.

[bucolic_frolic]

37. Wonder if these sycophants suck up because of fear, or loyalty, or need of power

Deep down they have to know he's crazy. So something else explains their motivation.

[Me.]

35. What Would We Expect From A Homophobic, Conservative Republican?

Boy did she pull the wool over everyone's eyes, all that fawning over her.

[aikoaiko]

39. Maybe, but this is an admin who threw Fauci under the bus.

I'd like to see names and accountability for these claims.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

40. She said it, Trump bought it

cause that is what he wanted/needed to happen. It didn't work out not Birx is toast. donnie does not care who gets ruined in his wake as long as he doesn't go down.

[Lonestarblue]

41. Birx needs to be fired right now. Thousands of deaths can be laid at her door for early reopenings.

[iluvtennis]

42. And the US could've had the same trajectory as Italy if there was a NATION WIDE SHUTDOWN.

That's what Italy did, they shutdown the entire country from early March until early June - nearly 3 full months.

Here in the states, some places never even shutdown.

So, Dr Birx's projection that we could have the same trajectory as Italy was false.

And how come trump's so called "experts" (pence, kushner) never asked the question - how can the US follow Italy given there was no 3 month national shutdown.

Birx simply told trump what he wanted to hear.