Deborah Birx
publication date: Thursday, April 23, 2020 (part of Spring 2020)
category: Medicine
clue: This army colonel has become one of America's most important and visible disease fighters, particularly when it comes to responding to the coronavirus.
explanation: Birx is the response coodinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, after previous work for the CDC and U.S. military in combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases. more…
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, and Chris Lemler
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