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