Dr. Birx Reportedly Questioned CDC Coronavirus Stats: ‘Nothing From the CDC I Can Trust’

Dr. Deborah Birx, global health expert for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is reportedly expressing deep concern about the statistics being relayed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According to a report released by The Washington Post, last week Birx reportedly clashed with the CDC director Robert Redfield over the system being used to compile coronavirus statistics. Four people who attended Birx’s meeting with Redfield insisted the two had different perspectives of the system in place.

Birx argued that the antiquated system being used to accumulate data is outdated which could contribute to projections — namely the mortality rates and case count— being inflated by as much as 25%.

“There is nothing from the CDC that I can trust,” Birx reportedly said at the time.

The debate reportedly came days after a report on projections, which is based on data received from the CDC and other various agencies, ahead of the expiration of President Donald Trump’s stay-at-home order. The internal government model privately showed a distinct spike projecting 3,000 deaths per day by June 1 as a result of states loosening social distancing guidelines.