Dr. Birx Pops Media’s Coronavirus Panic Balloon

During the coronavirus taskforce briefing on Thursday, Dr. Deborah Birx rebuked much of the media’s panic reporting about the number of estimated deaths related to the coronavirus and the state of America’s medical supplies. 

Despite clamorous reports about a shortage of medical supplies in New York, Dr. Birx said her colleagues in the state have reassured her that ICU beds are still readily available and more than a thousand ventilators remain unused. Dr. Birx then took the press to task for their hysterical reporting.  

“Please, for the reassurance of people around the world,” Dr. Birx begged the press corps, “to wake up this morning and look at people talking about creating DNR situations, do not resuscitate situations for patients, there is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that kind of discussion.”

via townhall.com

I don’t know whether NYC has enough ventilators. I doubt it. But the media is also clearly fanning the hysteria. I’m not sure why they do this, but it seems their habitual reaction to disasters. I witnessed this first hand during various wildfires here in SoCal.