“We are entering the most concerning and most deadly phase of this pandemic … leading to increasing mortality. This is not about lockdowns — It hasn’t been about lockdowns since March or April. It’s about an aggressive balanced approach that is not being implemented.”

—Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force in a Nov. 2 report. Read more below.

Top Trump adviser bluntly contradicts president on covid-19 threat, urging all-out response