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 had learned from that moment. That’s what bothers me every day.
Deborah Birx discusses her responsibility in the COVID-19 deaths and how they could have been reduced.
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