Fox News' Chris Wallace grills Dr. Birx: Did White House ‘underestimate’ virus and ‘reopen too soon?’
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace pressed White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on the rising coronavirus death count, asking Birx if the Trump administration has “underestimated” the strength of the virus as it rushes to fully reopen the economy.
Birx brought up initial projections that showed that up to 2.4 million Americans could perish if no actions were taken, which also predicted up to 240,000 deaths with stay-at-home orders implemented. “Those are the figures we continue to stand by in this first wave,” she added. “We understand that our mortality rates are less than those three countries and that’s really due to the incredible work of our front-line hospital workers,” she continued. “But we understand that these number of infections has led to this level of mortality and our job now going forward is to do everything we can to prevent additional hospitalizations and additional mortality.”
During a separate interview on ABC’s This Week, Birx was asked by host Martha Raddatz whether she thought opening up these spaces was appropriate in hindsight.
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