Birx says she ‘always’ considered ending Trump’s COVID-19 task force

Birx says she ‘always’ considered ending Trump’s COVID-19 task force

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Deborah BirxDeborah Birx shows preview on Sunday: All eyes on Biden administration to tackle coronavirus Birx says she has regularly considered quitting Pence presents Coronavirus task force report more said in a new interview that she “always considered” resigning from the White House Coronavirus task force President TrumpDonald TrumpNEW: Rep. Perry played a role in the alleged Trump plan to oust the acting AG Arizona GOP, condemning top state republics McCain, Flake and Ducey Biden and the British prime minister to discuss NATO, multilateralism during the MORE call. was in office.

Birx, who previously served in public health roles in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, said on CBS ‘”Face the Nation” that colleagues regularly accept that she signs a political agenda with her role as coronavirus response coordinator in the White House.

“Colleagues of mine that I have known for decades … decades in the one experience, because I was in the White House, decided that I became this political person, even though they knew me forever,” she told the host Margaret Brennan said. . “I had to ask myself every morning, is there anything I think I can do that would be helpful in responding to this pandemic, and is it something I asked myself every night?”

Asked if she was considering quitting, Birx replied: ‘Always. I mean, why would you want to go through every day? ‘

“I always feel like I could have done more, more outspoken, maybe more outspoken in public. I did not know all the consequences of all these issues,” Birx said when asked about her biggest mistake in the task force. .

She also describes her ongoing frustration with her perception that her leadership is being ignored.

“[W]”When it became a point where I got nowhere and that was just before the election, I wrote a very detailed communication plan about what was to happen the day after the election and how it was to be carried out,” she said. “And there was a lot of promise that it would happen.”

Birx announced her resignation when President Biden took office last week. Another of the public faces of the public health response to the virus, Anthony FauciAnthony Fauci The spread of vaccine against AstraZeneca begins in Biden in Brazil and the British Prime Minister discusses NATO, multilateralism during the call Sunday shows preview: All eyes on Biden’s government to tackle coronavirus MORE, remains in his position as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

– Updated at 09:01 am

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