Birx: Someone was handing Trump a “parallel dataset” about the coronavirus

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Deborah BirxDeborah Birx on Sunday shows preview: All eyes set on Biden administration to fight coronavirus Birx says he considers regularly letting Pence deliver a report of coronavirus work to Biden MORE, the former White House coronavirus coordinator said Sunday that her efforts to advisePresident TrumpDonald TrumpNYT: Rep. Perry played a role in Trump’s alleged plan to oust AG Arizona action GOP censors top state Republicans McCain, Flake and Ducey Biden and British Prime Minister discuss NATO and multilateralism during the call about the pandemic were complicated by people presenting him with “parallel data.”

“I saw the president presenting graphics that I never did. So I know someone, or someone out there or someone inside, was creating a parallel set of data and graphs that were shown to the president. I know what I sent and I know what I had in my hands was different from that, “Birx told CBS ‘” Face the Nation. “” You can’t do that. “

Asked by host Margaret Brennan, who provided the former president with this information, Birx said she was unsure, but said she suspected at least some of the data had been provided by the former White House adviser. Scott AtlasScott AtlasOnight Health Care: Trump administrator makes changes to speed up vaccinations CDC to call for negative evidence for international travelers More lawmakers test positive after Capitol siege, Joe Biden needs new communication strategy The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – Congress heads to COVID-19 relief , omnibus agreement MORE, who is not an expert on infectious diseases and has repeatedly fought with Birx and other experts on how best to contain the pandemic.

“I don’t know who else was part of it, but I think when the record goes back and people see what they wrote daily that was sent to the White House address, they’ll see that, I was very specific about what I saw and what it had to be done, ”he said.

Asked by Brennan if the White House chief of staff or any other official “says” wait a second, this is our official coordinator who only listens to her and her, “Birx said he did not know if anyone told Trump , but “no one told me that. “

Brennan asked if Birx believed Trump was distracted by the virus’s political implications and his re-election campaign.

“I always ask myself this and, I mean, the worst possible time to have a pandemic is in a year of the presidential election. I think the White House staff focused a lot on this pandemic in March and April, ”he said. “I think once the country started to open up and I was clear they weren’t going to follow my really rigorous criteria in which I had worked hard.”

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