Dr. Deborah Birx warns that the U.S. is in a 'new phase' of the pandemic. 'What we're seeing today is different from March and April,' she said. 'It is extraordinarily widespread, it's into the rural as equal urban areas.'
Birx told CNN that projections for a death toll by the year's end depend on how states accelerate and maintain their mitigation efforts, particularly in the South and West.
Birx emphasized that unlike the series of outbreaks in metro areas earlier this year, the virus is prevalent in both urban and rural areas. She said people in rural communities are"not immune or protected" from it. She deferred to CDC guidance about school reopenings, though she said areas with high caseloads and active community spread should"distance learn at this moment so we can get this epidemic under control."House Speaker Nancy Pelosion Sunday, accusing her and the president of spreading disinformation and saying she lacked confidence in Birx.New York Timesthat characterized her as delivering misleadingly optimistic reports about the spread of the virus.
In response to a question about whether the federal government should"reset" its approach, Birx said she believed it did so about five or six weeks ago, as cases exploded in the South, by shifting to a local framework.
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