Commentary
In Deborah Birx’s revealing book (“Silent Invasion”) on her role in the pandemic response, she continually pits public health against economic concerns. The opposition to lockdowns within the White House came entirely from the economics team. It drove her nuts. “I saw the economic consequences as a ‘tomorrow issue,’ while human life was a ‘today issue.’”
And what is that economic concern? The stock market. The GDP. Dollars and sense. Making profits. Greed. You see how this goes. To her mind, she was saving lives through lockdowns so the matter of making the big bucks would just have to wait. To all those who want to keep the cash nexus flowing, her opinion was that they would just have to wait a bit….