So, that Deborah Birx gave some surprisingly Trumpian sounding "I wish the media would stop scaring everyone without foundation" comments about Covid-19 (and hospitals being all A-OK with plenty of ventilators), which I thought sounded suss.
And here on Twitter is a carefully worded critique (in a thread starting here) of what she said, by one of the epidemiologists whose work she was apparently referencing, which indicates that scepticism of her reassurances is quite justified.
Will the conservative media, and Catallaxy fools, who immediately celebrated her as a realist hero tramping all over the liberal media, ever bother reading Lipsitch's comments? I doubt it.
Update: Yes, no one sensible thinks she has credibility any more.
well she said Trumpp pays attention to scientific literature and to detail.
ReplyDeleteErr no he doesn't
I should have added. She had a well respected past of serving Presidents on both sides of the aisle. People were grateful when she was appointed.
ReplyDeleteI am very disappointed in her clear dissembling at present.