Dr. Deborah Birx says it's 'frustrating' to hear the public repeat false claims about COVID-19

• Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House's coordinator of the coronavirus task force, said she is frustrated with the amount of COVID-19 misinformation she is hearing the general public repeat.

• During an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Birx said pieces of false information like "masks don't work" and large gatherings don't cause super-spreading events have been parroted at her

• "And I think our job is to constantly say those are myths," she continued. "They are wrong, and you can see the evidence base."

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Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House's coordinator of the coronavirus task force, said it is "frustrating" to hear the public "parrot back" fake COVID-19 information during a press conference.

Birx told NBC's Meet the Press that dangerous pieces of misinformation like masks don't work and large gatherings don't cause super-spreading events are something she's heard often as she's traveled the country meeting with local government officials, healthcare providers, and community members ono their COVID-19 concerns.

"I hear community members parroting back those situations, parroting back that masks don't work, parroting back that we should work towards herd immunity, parroting back that gatherings don't result in super-spreading events," Birx told NBC's Meet the Press. 

"And I think our job is to constantly say those are myths," she continued. "They are wrong, and you can see the evidence base."

Birx's comments come as COVID-19 rates across the US rise due to the winter holidays. The US exceeded over 100,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations this week for the first time since the first wave of the pandemic earlier this year.

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