Dr. Birx testifies before Congress, that over 130,000 lives could have been saved
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Trump's White House ignored advice on COVID-19 that could've saved over 130,000 lives, Birx said
John Haltiwanger
Tue, October 26, 2021, 4:20 PM
Trump's COVID-19 response led to many preventable deaths, Deborah Birx told House lawmakers.
Over 130,000 lives could've been saved if Trump's White House followed the science, she said.
Birx also testified that the 2020 election distracted Trump from the pandemic.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, in testimony to the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis said that former President Donald Trump's approach to the pandemic led to a massive number of preventable deaths.
"No," Birx said when asked if Trump did everything in his power to curb the spread and save lives, per excerpts of her testimony released by the committee on Tuesday.
"And I've said that to the White House in general, and I believe I was very clear to the president in specifics of what I needed him to do," she added.
Birx, who testified before the committee in mid-October, said that over 130,000 lives could've been saved in the early stages of the pandemic had Trump's White House adhered to the science and pushed for measures advocated by experts.
"I believe if we had fully implemented the mask mandates, the reduction in indoor dining, the getting friends and family to understand the risk of gathering in private homes, and we had increased testing, that we probably could have decreased fatalities into the 30% less to 40% less range," Birx said.
She also suggested that the 2020 election distracted Trump and took attention away from the nation's pandemic response.
"The governors and mayors and others that were campaigning, as well as the White House that was campaigning, just took people's time away from and distracted them away from the pandemic in my personal opinion," Birx said. "They were actively campaigning and not as present in the White House as previously."
Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
From the earliest days of the pandemic, Trump downplayed the threat of COVID-19 and repeatedly spread misinformation on the virus. He routinely pushed against public health recommendations, including wearing a mask or face covering. Trump during an interview with veteran journalist Bob Woodward admitted that he deliberately sought to downplay the dangers of the virus in an effort to avoid inducing "panic."
Top public health experts have excoriated Trump over his pandemic response, saying that his approach led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.
By the time Trump left office, there had been over 400,000 reported COVID-19 deaths in the US.
Trump's White House ignored advice on COVID-19 that could've saved over 130,000 lives, Birx said
John Haltiwanger
Tue, October 26, 2021, 4:20 PM
Trump's COVID-19 response led to many preventable deaths, Deborah Birx told House lawmakers.
Over 130,000 lives could've been saved if Trump's White House followed the science, she said.
Birx also testified that the 2020 election distracted Trump from the pandemic.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, in testimony to the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis said that former President Donald Trump's approach to the pandemic led to a massive number of preventable deaths.
"No," Birx said when asked if Trump did everything in his power to curb the spread and save lives, per excerpts of her testimony released by the committee on Tuesday.
"And I've said that to the White House in general, and I believe I was very clear to the president in specifics of what I needed him to do," she added.
Birx, who testified before the committee in mid-October, said that over 130,000 lives could've been saved in the early stages of the pandemic had Trump's White House adhered to the science and pushed for measures advocated by experts.
"I believe if we had fully implemented the mask mandates, the reduction in indoor dining, the getting friends and family to understand the risk of gathering in private homes, and we had increased testing, that we probably could have decreased fatalities into the 30% less to 40% less range," Birx said.
She also suggested that the 2020 election distracted Trump and took attention away from the nation's pandemic response.
"The governors and mayors and others that were campaigning, as well as the White House that was campaigning, just took people's time away from and distracted them away from the pandemic in my personal opinion," Birx said. "They were actively campaigning and not as present in the White House as previously."
Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
From the earliest days of the pandemic, Trump downplayed the threat of COVID-19 and repeatedly spread misinformation on the virus. He routinely pushed against public health recommendations, including wearing a mask or face covering. Trump during an interview with veteran journalist Bob Woodward admitted that he deliberately sought to downplay the dangers of the virus in an effort to avoid inducing "panic."
Top public health experts have excoriated Trump over his pandemic response, saying that his approach led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.
By the time Trump left office, there had been over 400,000 reported COVID-19 deaths in the US.
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of his conversation with Trump.
What Birx testified is the truth, whether you want to believe otherwise, or not.
My advice is to stick with more credible news sources, so you are not as easily misled.
However, is it new, or a sock puppet, too embarrassed to show their actual face ?
There seems to be a lot of that on here.
Yeah, a bunch of plain old bashing of President Trump due to TDS.
BTW, that is my picture.
There is not TDS. The correct term is deranged Trump, officially the worst US president in our lifetime. There is no syndrome, when more than 1/2 the nation understands what a terrible "so-called" leader he was.
e - That's the thing about pandemics. Once they get going, they are a lot harder to stop.
Nipping them in the bud saves a lot of lives. Unfortunately, Trump lied about the virus and downplayed it, as well as argued against testing. As Birx's testimony stated, his terrible lack of proper leadership likely cost at least 130,000 USA lives. Biden inherited Trump's mess. He's been trying to get people vaccinated, but many have been misled to mistrust the vaccines. Plus, there are Republican governors fighting mandates in states where unvaccinated people are getting sick & dying from covid-19.
Chinese were welcome to come to the US by Pelosi , Trump tried to stop them , many more to die because of the DNC .
President Donald Trump is making false and exaggerated claims about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Feb. 24 trip to San Francisco’s Chinatown. Pelosi urged people to shop and eat there at a time when tourism was suffering because of the novel coronavirus, which originated in China late last year.
with the local food businesses there by eating outdoors.