1. “An Evolving Situation”
There are three moments in the yearlong catastrophe of the
COVID-19 pandemic when events might have turned out differently. The first occurred on January 3, 2020, when Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke with George Fu Gao, the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which was modelled on the American institution. Redfield had just received a report about an unexplained respiratory virus emerging in the city of Wuhan.
The field of public health had long been haunted by the prospect of a widespread respiratory-illness outbreak like the 1918 influenza pandemic, so Redfield was concerned. Gao, when pressed, assured him that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. At the time, the theory was that each case had arisen from animals in a “wet” market where exotic game was sold. When Redfield learned that, among twenty-seven reported cases, there were several famil
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White House Coronavirus Coordinator Dr. Deborah Brix says she will retire after the transition of President-elect Joe Biden’s administration is complete.
In an interview with Newsy Tuesday, Birx said she will help with the Biden transition but will retire soon after, saying that the holidays have been hard on her family primarily after reports that she’d traveled to Delaware with relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday against the advice of health officials.
“I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in [for the Biden transition], and then I will retire,” Birx said.
Dr. Deborah Birx, top gov t COVID-19 expert, to retire after Biden transition
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White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah L. Birx speaks to reporters during a briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force at the White House on November 19. File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI/Pool | License Photo
Dec. 23 (UPI) White House Coronavirus Coordinator Dr. Deborah Brix says she will retire after the transition of President-elect Joe Biden s administration is complete.
In an interview with Newsy Tuesday, Birx said she will help with the Biden transition but will retire soon after, saying that the holidays have been hard on her family primarily after reports that she d traveled to Delaware with relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday against the advice of health officials.
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