Dr. Birx recounted a conversation with Former President Trump that she found deeply disturbing. (NBC News)

Science could have been central to America’s Coronavirus response and according to experts like Dr. Birx, this reason based approach would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. The Trump Administration was afraid that its science hating, chronic head in the sand supporters would reject a science based response and therefore scientific principles did not see the light of day. Unfortunately, when an ego that demands constant adulation prevents sound logic from entering the equation, hundreds of thousands of people die. That is exactly what happened.