Dr. Birx has been criticized for comments such as these with critics alleging Dr. Birx was minimizing the dangers of coronavirus and downplaying equipment shortfalls. Dr.Brix was the White House's chief proponent for the idea that Covid-19 infections had peaked and the virus was fading quickly,[25] when afterward infections surged.[26] A board member at the American College of Emergency Physicians, Dr. Ryan A. Stanton, commented that Dr. Birx sounded like “the builders of the Titanic saying the ship can’t sink." Dr. Birx was also criticized for “squandering her credibility” and bringing her independence into question due to her “lavish praise” of Donald Trump whom many believed bungled the coronavirus response.[27]