Dr. Birx: ‘It Bothers Me’ That Trump’s Comments About UV Light and Disinfectant Are ‘Still in the News Cycle’

RUSH EXCERPT:

BRIX: "Well, I think it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle, because I think we’re missing the bigger pieces of what we need to be doing as an American people, to continue to protect one another, and we should be having that dialogue about asymptomatics, we should be having that dialogue about this unique clotting that we’re seeing. We’re the first country that really had young people to this degree. Italy and Europe is about eight years older than us as a median age. This is our first experience of this virus in an open society where we really can understand what’s happening to every different age group. These are the things that we should be talking about and focusing on. So I think as a scientist and a public health official and a researcher, sometimes I worry that we don’t get the information to the American people that they need when we continue to bring up something that was from Thursday night. I think I’ve answered that question. I think the president made it clear that physicians had to study this. I think I’ve made it clear that this was a musing, as you described. But I want us to move on to be able to get information to the American people that can help them protect each other and also help them understand how devastating this virus is to different age groups and different symptoms and different comorbidities."