Birx: 'It's Difficult to Tell' if Country Will Close Again

Sunday on  ABC’s “This Week,” White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said it is difficult to tell if the country will close again in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Brix said, “I want to be very clear to the American people – we are preparing for that potential fall issue.”

Guest host Martha Raddatz asked, “But you don’t see the country closing down again?”

Birx answered, “It’s difficult to tell. I really am data-driven, so I’m collecting data right now about whether governors and whether states and whether communities are able to open safely. What do I mean by that? We have to do much better with proactive testing. Not just count the number of tests we’ve done. That’s great, but really ensure those tests are being applied in a way that we find the asymptomatic cases. It’s much easier to f... (Read more)

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