Now you’ve gone and done it, Dr. Deborah Birx!

You had to blow the whistle and tell the American people the truth, on national television (“CNN Sunday,” Aug. 2), no less: that we are in a new phase of coronavirus plague with no segment of the country immune, including rural areas.

Did you give no thought to how damaging it could be to President Trump and his reelection bid to level with the American people and let us know once again what a serious threat we face? Are you not aware that when one serves at the pleasure of this president, they have an obligation to say and do only what will reflect favorably upon him, that it is your duty to be like Trump sycophant Vice President Mike Pence? To begin every statement about the virus by telling us what a great leader Trump is and what a magnificent job he is doing to protect us from “the invisible enemy,” a job he is uniquely qualified to handle?

His criticism of you on Twitter the next day as “pathetic” was mild by his standards. He could have called you “Horseface II,” “loser,” “slob” or “dog,” or accused you of treason and called for you to be executed. You are lucky!

Don’t you dare make a statement that does not comport with what Trump wants, Doctor. He is an extremely stable genius, remember, the smartest, best, most effective president we have ever had, on the same level as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, don’t ya know?

Don’t you forget it!

Oren Spiegler

Peters

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