Birx: Someone provided Trump with a ‘parallel set of data’ on coronavirus

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, the former coordinator of the Coronavirus response in the White House, said on Sunday that her efforts to advise-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. about the pandemic is complicated by people who imagine it ‘a parallel set of data’.

‘I’ve seen the president present graphs that I never made, so I know someone – whether someone out there or someone inside – creates a parallel set of data and graphs that are shown to the president. I know what I sent, and I know what was in his hands was different than it was, ‘Birx said on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’. “You can not do that.”

When asked by host Margaret Brennan who provided such information to the former president, Birx said she was not sure, but that she suspected at least some of the information had been provided by the former White House adviser. Scott AtlasScott AtlasOvernight Health Care: Trump admin makes changes to speed vaccinations CDC must order negative tests for international travelers More lawmakers test positive after Capitol siege Joe Biden needs a new communications strategy The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – Congress Succeeds at COVID-19 Enlightenment, Omnibus Agreement MORE, who is not an expert on infectious diseases and has repeatedly fought with Birx and other experts on the best way to limit the pandemic.

‘I do not know who else participated in it, but I think that when the record goes back and people see daily what I wrote, that was sent to the leadership of the White House … they will see that I was high specifically on what I see and what needs to be done, ”she said.

Asked by Brennan whether the White House chief of staff or any other officials said, ‘Wait a minute. This is our official coordinator. Just listen to her and her, ” Birx said she was unaware anybody had said that to Trump, but that “nobody told me that.”

Brennan further asked whether Birx believes Trump is distracted by the political implications of the virus and his re-election campaign.

‘I always wonder that, and I mean, the worst possible time you can have a pandemic is in a presidential election year. “I think the staff of the White House was very focused on this pandemic in March and April,” she said. “I think once the country started to open up, it was clear to me that they would not follow my right criteria that I was working hard on.”

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