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Report Video IssueDr. Birx Says She Knew of Natural COVID-19 Reinfections as Early as December 2020
2022-06-23T10:46:17-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/3a3/20220623104934011_hd.jpgDuring questioning from Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan, former White House COVID-19 Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says she knew in December 2020 and January 2021 that people who were naturally infected with COVID-19 were experiencing reinfection based on data coming out of South Africa. She says that officials were likely hoping that infection or transmission would not reoccur once the vaccines came along. "I think it was hope that the vaccine would work in that way," she says.
During questioning from Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan, former White House COVID-19 Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says she knew in… read more
During questioning from Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan, former White House COVID-19 Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says she knew in December 2020 and January 2021 that people who were naturally infected with COVID-19 were experiencing reinfection based on data coming out of South Africa. She says that officials were likely hoping that infection or transmission would not reoccur once the vaccines came along. "I think it was hope that the vaccine would work in that way," she says. close
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- Deborah L. Birx M.D. Coordinator (Former) White House->Coronavirus Response
- Jim Clyburn U.S. Representative [D] South Carolina
- James R. Comer U.S. Representative [R] Kentucky
- Bill Foster U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
- Mark Green M.D. U.S. Representative [R] Tennessee
- Jim Jordan U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
- Raja Krishnamoorthi U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
- Nicole Malliotakis U.S. Representative [R] New York
- Carolyn Maloney U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks M.D. U.S. Representative [R] Iowa
- Jamie Raskin U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
- Steve Scalise U.S. Representative [R] Louisiana
- Nydia M. Velázquez U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Maxine Waters U.S. Representative [D] California