CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is accusing President Donald Trump’s testing czar of running a “cover up” of the president’s incompetent response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
During an interview Friday, Gupta reacted to defensive statements made by Brett Giroir, the federal official tapped by Trump to oversee efforts to increase COVID-19 testing capacity, who has been insisting that there is nothing wrong with the United States’ ability to quickly test for the disease.
“I think on this he’s wrong, he is just wrong,” Gupta said. “I’m surprised by this. I think this is trying to cover up what is unquestionably an abysmal failure when it comes to testing in this country.” Continue reading.