Deborah Birx, Trump’s Covid Coordinator, Is Back and Suggesting Extreme Measures To Prevent Spread of Bird Flu

‘This would bankrupt even the biggest family ranch,’ one rancher says.

AP/Susan Walsh
Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington. AP/Susan Walsh

One of the most prominent public faces of the government response to the Covid pandemic, Dr. Deborah Birx, is back — this time suggesting weekly tests for all cows in America for bird flu as well as testing every dairy employee. 

“We should be testing every cow, weekly,” Dr. Birx said during an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “The great thing about America is we’re incredibly innovative and we have the ability to have these breakthroughs, we could be pool testing every dairy worker.”

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