Making Dr. Deborah Birx the White House coronavirus response coordinator has been one of the Trump administration's best moves. But her efforts to please Trump have cut into her dignity and credibility | Analysis by fridaghitis
Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to the Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Follow her on Twitter @fridaghitis. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Read more opinion on CNN.
Life in a pandemic is filled with ethical and moral dilemmas for everyone. We have to weigh the cost to ourselves and others of decisions that barely merited a second thought in pre-pandemic life. But few people have had to wrestle with their conscience in full view of the world the way the government's top scientists do these days.
Standing at the White House podium next to their boss, President Donald Trump , now-familiar figures -- including Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci and others -- face ethical predicaments that may keep medical ethicists, philosophers and theologians debating for years to come.
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