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Deborah Birx: “Beginning in 2021, agencies provided muddled and contradicting information, or partial information, that implied we knew…”

On the recordJune 22, 2022
Beginning in 2021, agencies provided muddled and contradicting information, or partial information, that implied we knew something we didn't, which they later had to correct, which accelerated the loss of respect and trust in the Federal Government.
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Deborah Birx

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Birx criticized the government's inconsistent COVID messaging under Biden.

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