We lost hundreds of thousands of American lives because of the flaws in the response.
Deborah Birx: “We lost hundreds of thousands of American lives because of the flaws in the response.”
On the recordJuly 10, 2023
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Deborah Birx
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Birx highlights the failures in the pandemic response leading to significant loss of life.
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