“50% of the people who died from the omicron surge were older, vaccinated. So that’s why I’m saying even if you’re vaccinated and boosted, if you’re unvaccinated right now, the key is testing and paxolovid.”Birx said.
Birx addressed Biden’s current bout of Covid, saying those who work around Biden must be regularly tested. When Cavuto asked Dr. Birx why the unvaccinated should take the vaccine if it does not prevent Covid, She said,
“I knew these vaccines were not going to protect against infection, and I think we overplayed these vaccines.”