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14. +1, she errored on the side of silence vs doing no harm

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 09:05 AM

Mar 2021

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Scarf-face still thinks about it every day - video at link [View all] malaise Mar 2021 OP

And that's not the only thing she didn't do, or did do. gab13by13 Mar 2021 #1

She Didn't Speak At All, Much Less Forcefully Me. Mar 2021 #2

She ought to think about it every day. Harker Mar 2021 #3

She explained it pretty well when she said her..... jaxexpat Mar 2021 #4

That makes me feel safe ... not uponit7771 Mar 2021 #13

Her silence acquiesced her role as a political hack prop bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #5

Her oath required her to "do no harm". Marcuse Mar 2021 #9

She chose her military oath over her medical one malaise Mar 2021 #18

Yes, she failed... But Fauci not far behind IMHO. To me, Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2021 #11

Agree 100% malaise Mar 2021 #19

+1, she errored on the side of silence vs doing no harm uponit7771 Mar 2021 #14

Too late for excuses and explanations now Chautauquas Mar 2021 #15

She should have said no. Loudly. No. That's all she needed to do. Lettuce Be Mar 2021 #20

I know how she handled it... Javaman Mar 2021 #21

She OUGHT to think of it, over and over, day after day. Paladin Mar 2021 #22

I'm sure she's trying to reconcile who she thought she was vs who she is. Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #23

That was the moment Dr. Birx could have salvaged her reputation peggysue2 Mar 2021 #24

I suspected the worst much earlier... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #29

Yes she really thought she had hit the jackpot malaise Mar 2021 #30