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Deborah Birx: more than 130,000 lives could have been saved if the Trump administration had implemented optimal mitigation measures

On the recordJune 22, 2022
more than 130,000 lives could have been saved if the Trump administration had implemented optimal mitigation measures
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Deborah Birx

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Birx criticized the Trump administration's pandemic response effectiveness.

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