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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Dr. Birx warns against gatherings as US reopens from lockdowns
2020-05-04
[Aljazeera] Dr Deborah Birx, response coordinator for the White House coronavirus taskforce, has warned against US citizens gathering in public spaces again as the number of COVID-19 infections topped 1.1 million in the country and the death toll rose to more than 67,000 on Sunday.

Birx said massing on beaches was not safe unless people kept at least two metres (six feet) apart, and weighed in against allowing such businesses as beauty salons and spas to reopen in the first phase.

"We've made it clear that that is not a good phase one activity," she said on Fox News Sunday.

Protesters gathering, as they did last week in Michigan and other parts of the country to demonstrate against stay-at-home restrictions, pose a huge risk, she said.

"It's devastatingly worrisome to me personally if they go home and infect their grandmother or their grandfather who has a comorbid condition and they have a serious or a very - or an unfortunate outcome, they will feel guilty for the rest of our lives," Birx said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  And funny how they insist on keep it going. A couple of Beltway geezers. Hmmm, quite a few of them around, aren't there?
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-04 23:03  

#10  Sorry, Birx and pals, but it's over.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-05-04 20:58  

#9  Best Social Distancing Solution - Enforce not using deoderant.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2020-05-04 20:28  

#8  ...(non-corvid19) cough.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-04 18:33  

#7  Who takes Birx 'n stock?
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-04 18:24  

#6  This lunacy hopefully will end SOON. We've survived the Black Plague, the Spanish Flu, and other maladies (and maladies we probably didn't even know were maladies). Sure, COVID-19 is real; the response thereto was, overall, pathetic.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-04 17:45  

#5  Virginia and West Virginia open no face masks. Bars open Monday night in West Virginia. People going to get smashed. Patient went to Doctors office in Maryland staff and Doctor no face mask. Nice weather and all bets off. CON virus has no hold on free spirited.
Posted by: Dale   2020-05-04 17:40  

#4  Someone should ask her directly if the flatten the curve was a lie because it seems like the goldposts are being moved from flattening to some perfect metric of nobody sick ever.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-05-04 10:52  

#3  'This is a SLAP in the face to medics risking their lives and dying on the frontlines': Aghast ER doctor and Iraq War veteran is horrified at packed Central Park despite 16,000 New Yorkers dying in eight weeks
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-04 09:58  

#2  Amazing isn't it, how many 'public health officials' don't understand 'public'? To me it was such officials back in the 80s who decided against the opportunity to blood test everyone for AIDS/HIV and invoke the age old practice of isolation. Hundreds of thousands of deaths later, they threw out any credibility to their 'expertise'. Again, their solution is treat the entire population as one for political reasons instead of identifying specific groups and locations. Their wink at fellow health officials who write off any death they can as related to pathogen and not verify its true cause only undermines any actual scientific approach to the issue.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-04 08:24  

#1  "It's devastatingly worrisome to me personally"

You tried your best to warn them, it's not your fault. As the old say'n goes "there's no fixing stupid."
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-04 04:42  

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