Dr. Birx Explains What Went Through Her Head When Trump Suggested 'Disinfectant' As Virus Cure

.@DrJAshton on Pres. Trump's comments about disinfectants: "Did it ever cross your mind to stand up and stand next to the president, and say, 'Let me clarify that\u2019?"\n\nDr. Deborah Birx: "That would have been the logical and important thing to do...I was paralyzed in that moment."pic.twitter.com/1P3IFdXAPW

— ABC News (@ABC News) 1650932187

Thoughts and prayers for a doc who suddenly found she could no longer do her job properly as hundreds of thousands of Americans were dying\u2014I\u2019m sure it had nothing to do with the man she refused to correct being her boss\n\nI\u2019m sick of those who stayed quiet when the chips were downhttps://twitter.com/ABC/status/1518743178039508993\u00a0\u2026

— Seth Abramson (@Seth Abramson) 1650989715

I do have a degree of sympathy for her, because I imagine her job was not easy. However, once her 'selective paralysis' was gone, she had many opportunities to go on the record and correct misinformation.

— Jenn X (@Jenn X) 1650984970

So was America, Dr. Birx. INSTEAD of doing something about Donald Trump's lies about #COVID19 each day, you continued to put on a new scarf!https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1518743178039508993\u00a0\u2026

— Peter Morley (@Peter Morley) 1650989691

Sorry, not sorry. No matter what you have to say now, you were absent when you had a high profile and could have spoken truth to power. You chose the coward's way and cost thousands of lives. \nYou will be known for scarves, not courage.

— evelyn hoff \ud83c\udf0e\ud83d\ude37\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@evelyn hoff \ud83c\udf0e\ud83d\ude37\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650975948

She was so "paralyzed" that she was silent for months & said of Trump:\n\n"He\u2019s been so attentive to the scientific literature & the details & the data. I think his ability to analyze and integrate data\u2026has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues.\u201dhttps://twitter.com/ABC/status/1518743178039508993\u00a0\u2026

— Fr. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@Fr. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ) 1650994552

Let the rehabilitation tour begin.\n\nWe will never forget your complicity Dr. Birx https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1518743178039508993\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/dgXUVpcxUV

— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Zoe Washburne 2.0--Vaxxed and 2X Boosted \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Zoe Washburne 2.0--Vaxxed and 2X Boosted \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650995065

"Dr" Birx is a disgrace. Nothing she can say will ever change the fact that she betrayed the American people by quietly standing by a dangerous tyrant while millions of Americans needlessly died. She should be stripped of her license and shunned in shame.https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1518745787617800192\u00a0\u2026

— Zen Buddhette \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Zen Buddhette \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1651000860

Paralyzed?\nNo...scared to challenge the supreme leader.https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1518745787617800192\u00a0\u2026

— Tralfaz OG \u270c (@Tralfaz OG \u270c) 1650975551

Dr. Birx was not "paralyzed". She fawned over Trump and told ridiculous lies to the American people. Don't let her reinvent herself. She failed us. People died. And now she's trying to sell a fucking book.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1243556939369496576?t=dUtJNMFpgaBILcMG6ucldw&s=19\u00a0\u2026

— Critter \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@Critter \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1650934259

We have to do better in America. The rehabilitation of this person who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths is inappropriate.https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21197074/deborah-birx-praised-trump-scientific-literature-coronavirus\u00a0\u2026

— Mark J. Reichel (@Mark J. Reichel) 1650990096