Hypocrite COVID expert to step down after ignoring her own travel warning

Dr Deborah Birx revealed on Tuesday she is planning to retire after facing 'overwhelming' criticism for ignoring her own public advice and traveling out of state to visit family over Thanksgiving weekend. 

Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, did not give a timetable for her retirement and said she is willing to first help President-elect Joe Biden's team with its coronavirus response as needed.

'I want the Biden administration to be successful,' she told Newsy. 'I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in, and then I will retire.' 

Her comments came just days after The Associated Press reported that she traveled out of state for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend even as she and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were urging Americans to forgo holiday travel.