Dr. Deborah Birx recounted an atmosphere of censorship and competition for the former president's attention regarding key coronavirus data during a wide-ranging, 90-minute interview that aired on Sunday.
During an interview with CBS's Face the Nation, Birx said she had to "remove all of the ancillary data that was coming in" when she was tapped to serve on former President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force and said that "parallel data streams" still made their way into the White House — data that different from what she had given to the vice president.
"It took a while after I arrived in the White House to remove all of the ancillary data that was coming in," Birx said. "I mean, there was parallel data stream coming into the White House that were not transparently utilized. And I needed to stop that."
Birx said she never determined who was providing the other information to the president or whether it came from someone inside the White House or an outside adviser, but White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas "certainly" contributed.
Atlas was a contentious adviser pick who frequently criticized the effectiveness of masks and contradicted data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
Sounds like POTUS was able to get the truth in spite of Dr. Birx efforts.
>Dr. Deborah Birx recounted an atmosphere of censorship and competition for the former president's attention regarding key coronavirus data during a wide-ranging, 90-minute interview that aired on Sunday.
>During an interview with CBS's Face the Nation, Birx said she had to "remove all of the ancillary data that was coming in" when she was tapped to serve on former President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force and said that "parallel data streams" still made their way into the White House — data that different from what she had given to the vice president.
>"It took a while after I arrived in the White House to remove all of the ancillary data that was coming in," Birx said. "I mean, there was parallel data stream coming into the White House that were not transparently utilized. And I needed to stop that."
>Birx said she never determined who was providing the other information to the president or whether it came from someone inside the White House or an outside adviser, but White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas "certainly" contributed.
>Atlas was a contentious adviser pick who frequently criticized the effectiveness of masks and contradicted data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
Sounds like POTUS was able to get the truth in spite of Dr. Birx efforts.
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