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In reply to the discussion: Before you slam Dr Deb Birx, please watch today's interview [View all]Edit history
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I definitely give her some flexibility on this, and realize she was between a rock and a hard place
still_one
Jan 2021
#4
She was only "between a rock and a hard place" because she didn't have the integrity to resign and
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#5
I doubt preserving her employment was a concern of hers. I think she thought she could
still_one
Jan 2021
#11
I suspect a good number of people are unaware of her position in the Obama administration.
still_one
Jan 2021
#14
No, people are not dead because of her. That is a completely off the wall unfair assessment
still_one
Jan 2021
#20
She doesn't have to worry about her reputation. Her work with HIV/AIDS, along with her
still_one
Jan 2021
#17
Nope...she stood there on Ntl news and said how impressed she was with dotard, that he
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#6
He most certainly did early on -- 60 Minutes, March 8. "There's no reason to be walking around with
Hoyt
Jan 2021
#28
The day she sat there and allowed him to spew bullshit about Lysol and bleach was the
malaise
Jan 2021
#19
She said he wasn't talking to her. There was another person to her right off screen
AllyCat
Jan 2021
#31
the scarfs were fun! I didn't care about the updates from the task force..I waited with bated breath
Demonaut
Jan 2021
#36
Birx is not Fauci. Fauci fought the pressure that was applied. Birx caved under it and went along
TeamPooka
Jan 2021
#26
She actually praised Trump for being attentive to scientific data while he spewed his bullshit
liberal_mama
Jan 2021
#44