Dr. Deborah L. Birx Pressured C.D.C. on School Openings

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON — Top White House officials pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer to play down the risk of sending children back to school, a strikingly political intervention in one of the most sensitive public health debates of the pandemic, according to documents and interviews with current and former government officials.

As part of their behind-the-scenes effort, White House officials also tried to circumvent the C.D.C. in a search for alternate data showing that the pandemic was weakening and posed little danger to children.

The documents and interviews show how the White House spent weeks trying to press public health professionals to fall in line with President Trump’s election-year agenda of pushing to reopen schools and the economy as quickly as possible. The president and his team have remained defiant in their demand for schools to get back to normal, even as coronavirus cases have once again ticked up, in some cases linked to school and college reopenings.

The effort included Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, and officials working for Vice President Mike Pence, who led the task force. It left officials at the C.D.C., long considered the world’s premier public health agency, alarmed at the degree of pressure from the White House.




https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/us/politics/white-house-cdc-coronavirus-schools.html

[jpak]

1. Birx has no credibility now

Nope

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. She hasn't been credible for a while now really

Ever since she refused to condem/question/contradict Trump's talk about "disenfectant" and instead defended him, along with some other things, it's become clear that she's been reduced to being a sycophant for Trump.

[gademocrat7]

2. She has abandoned the Hippocratic Oath.

First do no harm.

[rzemanfl]

3. Never trusted Scarf Hag from the outset. n/t

[sheshe2]

4. She fell in line.

She has blood on her hands.

[Pachamama]

6. +100000

[tanyev]

5. So basically her real problem with Dr. Atlas is that he's pushed her out of his way.

[crickets]

9. Pretty much.

She's helped wreck the CDC and contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands, apparently for a little power jolt and a temporary spot as favored groupie. Only the best people.

[Bleacher Creature]

7. So much for "do no harm." NT

[Grammy23]

8. She knew what they were doing was wrong.

Just look at her body language and her eyes when tRump was running his mouth. She was so uncomfortable and yet she went along with the lies and pressure. She has destroyed her own credibility and reputation. She sold out along with many others. Now they must pay. Her part in this whole tragedy is sealed.

[niyad]

10. when she did not get up and leave during the "ingesting or injecting bleach" horror, she gave up

whatever tiny shred of integrity she might still have had left. Instead, she just sat there, mute and complicit.

Can her Medicean license be revoked?

[COLGATE4]

11. Scarfy has been a sellout from the beginning.

Couldn't resist the temptation of playing in the big leagues, got to be buddies with the pResident, all she had to do in exchange was go along with his bullshit and keep a straight face when he told us to put lamps up our ass to neutralize the corona virus. And of course lauding Trump's amazing grasp of scientific details never hurts, either. But Donny is a fickle exploiter. Now Debbie Scarf is yesterday's news and Dr. Scott (I dom't know shit about epidemics) Atlas is the new "flavor of the day". Bye, Debbie. Your 15 minutes are long ago up. Don't let the door hit you in the scarf on the way out.

[BlueWavePsych]

12. CDC is the Center for Disease Cover-Up

[octoberlib]

13. I've always been suspicious of her. She toadies to Trump too much.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Well, Didn't Work That Well Here

I sub in 10 districts. The 4 biggest are 100% online, and that covers over 14,000 kids.
Of the other 6, 3 are doing a hybrid model. A/B days so only 50% there each day.
Apparently, schools here listened to IDPH, not Deb.