Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as former President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, said the White House could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives if it had coordinated better during the onset of the pandemic.
Birx was one of the nation’s top doctors featured in a CNN documentary that broadcast Sunday night about the country’s initial response to the coronavirus, which has left more than 548,000 people dead in the U.S. alone. When pressed by host Sanjay Gupta on whether the country could have focused more on mitigation strategies, Birx acknowledged many lives could have been saved.
