The coordinator of the White House’s coronavirus task force participated in the 2020 International AIDS Conference that is taking place this week.
Dr. Deborah Birx during a pre-taped interview with Liz Schrayer, president of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a group that promotes American diplomacy and international development efforts, that was shown on Tuesday drew parallels between the fights against the coronavirus and HIV/AIDS pandemics. “It’s the very fundamentals that we learned in HIV, really the key issues about knowing the epidemic, to really make sure that we have the data,” said Birx.
Birx said “the second really core principle” in the fight against the coronavirus is “know your status.” Birx nevertheless conceded the U.S.