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Coronavirus US live: Dr Birx declines to criticize Trump's disinfectant remarks Coronavirus US live: Dr Birx declines to criticize Trump's disinfectant remarks
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Deborah Birx describes Trump’s remarks as a ‘dialogue’ and says ‘it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle’Deborah Birx describes Trump’s remarks as a ‘dialogue’ and says ‘it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle’
Dr Birx also appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press this morning and continued her stance of declining to criticize the president for his dangerous remarks on the use of disinfectant to combat Covid-19 inside the human body.
Asked if the president’s remarks undermined the credibility of the administration’s scientific response to the pandemic, Birx replied:
Over the weekend Politico published details of a 57 page Republican party attack memo, which advised GOP candidates to aggressively target China in their public remarks on the coronavirus pandemic.
From the report:
The reporting adds to the increasingly clear picture that Republicans will target China throughout election season. A pro-Trump super Pac has already released advertising attacking Joe Biden for his comments on Trump’s decision to ban some travel from the country at the start of the outbreak.
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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic from the US.Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic from the US.
We’ll start with comments just made by Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr Deborah Birx, who appeared on CNN this morning.We’ll start with comments just made by Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr Deborah Birx, who appeared on CNN this morning.
Dr Birx declined to criticize the president for dangerous comments he made earlier in the week floating the idea of using sunlight and the injection of disinfectant to the human body to treat Covid-19. Asked if she was bothered by the need to keep ruling out the use of disinfectant, which can be fatal if ingested, Birx said: “It bothers me that this is still in the news cycle. I worry that we don’t get the information to the American people that they need when we continue to bring up something that was from Thursday night.”Dr Birx declined to criticize the president for dangerous comments he made earlier in the week floating the idea of using sunlight and the injection of disinfectant to the human body to treat Covid-19. Asked if she was bothered by the need to keep ruling out the use of disinfectant, which can be fatal if ingested, Birx said: “It bothers me that this is still in the news cycle. I worry that we don’t get the information to the American people that they need when we continue to bring up something that was from Thursday night.”
Earlier in the interview Birx made clear she had told the President that such treatments were not medically viable, but described Trump’s remarks made during a globally televised press conference, as “a dialogue” between the president and scientists at the department of homeland security about a new study.Earlier in the interview Birx made clear she had told the President that such treatments were not medically viable, but described Trump’s remarks made during a globally televised press conference, as “a dialogue” between the president and scientists at the department of homeland security about a new study.
You can see the full exchange here:You can see the full exchange here:
And here’s the CDC’s full guidance on the consequences of consumption of disinfectant.And here’s the CDC’s full guidance on the consequences of consumption of disinfectant.