Did ex-President Trump work with "alternative" data in his corona briefings?
Statements by his task force coordinator suggest that.
Trump's former
Corona advisor Deborah Birx says she
has almost never seen or spoken to the ex-president.
In addition, Trump received a
“parallel set of data and graphics” in
addition to their information
.
The
doctor did not answer the
question about
targeted disinformation
in the corresponding interview.
Washington - she was number one in Donald Trump's
Corona task force
- and has now spoken about working with the ex-president.
Former military doctor
Deborah Birx
has
coordinated
efforts against the
pandemic
.
And, as she puts it, had
to struggle
with
Trump
at times.
"Trump presented graphics at briefings that I had not created,"
Birx said in a TV interview with
CBS
journalist Margarete Brennan.
The conversation broadcast on January 24th is making waves.
Because, she continued, “I think someone created some kind of
parallel set of dates
for the president.
To this day I don't know who that could have been. "
Donald Trump's corona advisor: "I had very little contact with the president"
That worries her a lot
, said Birx, because she tries to be transparent and accountable in her job.
"We shouldn't just look at part of the data in order to look
better
." In her Corona taskforce function, she wrote more than
310 daily situation reports
.
- and do not know whether Trump has read this.
"I had very little contact with the president."
When asked whether there were
corona deniers
in the White House, Birx replied: "There were certainly people who thought that was a
bad joke
." How can that be? Was the horrified question from the interviewer.
Probably because the information was confusing at the beginning, says Birx, and the disease also developed mildly.
"You saw people who got Covid-19 and coped with it."
Interview with Trump advisor Birx: "Did you get the impression that the White House was censoring you?"
After all, Brennan is very direct: “Did you get the impression that the White House was censoring you?” The answer seems evasive: “Well, as you may have noticed, for one thing I didn't do the
national press
.
On the other hand, it was also very important to me
not to disregard
official channels
. ”There have been so many media reports to the contrary that she
wanted to avoid
this
“ Schlitterpfad ”
.
Criticism of the media can be heard between the lines.
Birx believes that they began with the good intentions of informing the Americans, but then they tried to "silence" those who disagree.
"That's why I knew that as soon as there was a disagreement in the White House, there would have been a story in a few days," she speculates.
US expert warns of fake news in corona pandemic - "These are myths"
Birx had warned months after the start of the pandemic that false claims were being held.
When she's out in the country, she hears people “parroting” that
masks
don't work, that
herd immunity
should be worked towards, and that gatherings don't become
super-spreading
events
, she told
NBC News
.
"I think our job is to keep saying that these are myths, that they are wrong."
She also deplored the opposition from
governors
and
mayors
to stricter measures.
In some southern states, those responsible did not resort to tried and tested steps.
In total, more than 25 million people in the USA with around 330 million inhabitants were
infected
with
Sars-CoV-2
, and almost
430,000 people
died with the pathogen.
In absolute terms, that's more than in any other country in the world.
(frs)