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Dr. Nicole Saphier: Criticizing the COVID response – essential, but first focus on crisis at hand
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In the recent CNN documentary entitled “COVID War,” Dr. Sanjay Gupta asked Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus response under the Trump administration, what she thinks now about early handlings of the pandemic.
Undoubtedly, early, the U.S. was hamstrung by insufficient testing and a lack of information; later, it became plagued with widespread distrust of scientific recommendations and fatigue. There is both praise and blame to go around, but timing is everything. Early in 2020, the virus spread undetected in the Northeast and Northwest before adequate testing showed the reality. From these travel hubs, Americans fled lockdowns while spring breakers left, and so went the virus.More Related News