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  1. And cue the Dr. Deborah Birx self-serving, "Rehabilitation Of My Reputation Tour" in which the good doctor tries her hand at creative nonfiction. Though not a writer by training, and thus at a bit of a disadvantage-a disadvantage compounded by facts that do not corroborate her fanciful narrative--Dr. Birx attempts to depict herself as a victim of sorts, a blameless party who did her level best to steer the USS COVID TASKFORCE through waters roiled by the ridiculously unpredictable Hurricane Donald, but kept running aground on the Shoals of Politics. However, digital records of the many interviews and briefings that Dr. Birx took part in do not support her account of events all too recent to have passed from memory. But why let grass grow under one's feet when there is history to be rewritten. And surely there's a book deal a-waitin' at some prestigious publishing house. Sadly, the account offered in this Face The Nation interview does not jibe with the facts. Dr. Birx, during her tenure with the COVID Taskforce, far too often assumed the role of team player and not that of proctor monitoring those unqualified to speak on complex medical issues. The mere arching of an eyebrow in response to the insane suggestion of injecting bleach, or hydrogen peroxide, into an infected patient's body hardly amounted to the unconditional refutation that such a lunatic concept rightly deserved. "Primum non nocere," or as English speakers say, "First do no harm," is the credo central to the practice of medicine, a credo learned by every first year medical student on day one. Somewhere along the way to the podium for another Donald Trump journey through "An Idiot's Guide To Virology," Dr. Birx lost sight of that crucial dictum. Her reticence on certain matters plus her support of other issues that demanded pushback, not collusion, make her part heir to the burden of responsibility for thousands of COVID deaths that were avoidable if truth had been allowed a stronger champion and not one quite as acquiescent. https://youtu.be/wuooYaeY-YY
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