Political Quotes

Deborah Birx: “There were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge. All of the rest of them, in my mind, could have been…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2021
There were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge. All of the rest of them, in my mind, could have been mitigated or decreased substantially if we took the lessons we had learned from that moment. That`s what bothers me every day.
Said by
Deborah Birx
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Dr. Birx discusses the COVID-19 deaths that could have been avoided with better handling during the pandemic.

Share

More from Deborah Birx

Mar 29, 2021

Look at it this way. The first time we have an excuse, there were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge, all of the rest of them, in my mind could have been mitigated or decreased substantially. If we took the lessons we…

msnbc.com
Jun 22, 2022

I knew, unfortunately, that my 40-year government career would come to a terminal event if I went into the Trump White House.

congress.gov
May 5, 2022

So, in the flu models, the worst case scenario is between 1.6 million and 2.2 deaths. That`s the projection if you do nothing. So, we`ve never really done all of these things that we`re doing. We`ve put them into a model. We`ve looked at…

msnbc.com
Jun 22, 2022

We are failing in rural areas, and I think we all can admit that.

congress.gov