Birx Criticized For Holiday Travel With Extended Family

The Associated Press reports:

As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.” For many Americans that guidance has been difficult to abide, including for Birx herself.

The day after Thanksgiving, she traveled to one of her vacation properties on Fenwick Island in Delaware. She was accompanied by three generations of her family from two households. Birx, her husband Paige Reffe, a daughter, son-in-law and two young grandchildren were present.

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New from AP: Deborah Birx did a multigenerational gathering at a vacation home the day after Thanksgiving, the day she and the CDC told people to limit get-togethers to your immediate household https://t.co/qIkqyTYhxd

— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) December 20, 2020