Former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told Newsmax that news media coverage missed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opening discussion on health in tribal nations and rural communities during Wednesday’s Senate appearance.

“Those are the groups where COVID was most deadly,” Birx said Thursday during an appearance on “American Agenda.”

“And people are talking about how the United States had the most COVID proportionate deaths,” she said. “And that’s a very simple reason. We have the highest level of chronic disease, which were the drivers in many cases of susceptibility to severe COVID.

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