Asterisk by China: Birx says Beijing failed to meet 'moral obligation' with coronavirus transparency
by Jerry Dunleavy
| April 19, 2020 05:17 PM
Dr. Deborah Birx said the Chinese Communist Party failed to live up to its moral obligation to be transparent about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in its country.
Birx, the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, made clear her doubts about the accuracy of the relatively low coronavirus fatalities reported by China, displaying a chart with a big asterisk next to the authoritarian nation’s coronavirus figures during Saturday’s press briefing.
She echoed this message on Sunday on ABC’s This Week when asked about the World Health Organization repeating China’s coronavirus claims.
“I think early on ... the level of transparency and communication that you need, you have to over-communicate. You have to communicate even the small nuances," Birx said. "When you look at the outbreak that’s been reported in China … you didn’t see that kind of doubling rate ... that you see all throughout the developed countries of Europe and certainly in the United States.â€
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