Dr. Deborah Birx Steers Away from Doomsday Coronavirus Predictions
“There’s no model right now, no reality on the ground, where we can see that 60-70 percent of Americans are going to get infected in the next 10-12 weeks,” Dr. Birx said.
“There’s no model right now, no reality on the ground, where we can see that 60-70 percent of Americans are going to get infected in the next 10-12 weeks,” Dr. Birx said.
Dr. Birx said novel coronavirus infection rate predictions suggesting the deadly and highly contagious disease will infect about half the U.S. population are overblown and needlessly frightening the American people.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump in the coming days will work with his medical and scientific advisers to make a determination on how and when to reopen the country after wide-scale closure in the effort to stop the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.
“He’s a good man. I like Dr. Fauci a lot, just so you understand,” Trump said at the White House press briefing on Monday evening.
President Donald Trump said Monday that he would continue to listen to federal government doctors but would ultimately make his own decisions about the future of the country, as the fight against the coronavirus continues.
“We went out with a very blunt force,” she said, referring to recent tough advice from the Centers for Disease Control guidelines. “We had to do that because we weren’t sure where the virus was and where it was going.”
Trump jokingly distanced himself from Coronavirus task force leader Dr. Deborah Birx at the White House after she revealed she had a fever over the weekend.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx stated that, at the moment, she believes China’s claim that there haven’t been any new cases in Wuhan. Birx said, “[W]e’re beginning to see
People aged 20 to 44 make up a big portion of those hospitalized for the Chinese coronavirus in the United States, according to data released Wednesday by the CDC.
Birx added that the risk for serious illness among the majority of Americans was low but that they could transmit the disease to the elderly.