Dr. Birx announces she will retire after holiday travel scandal

Dr. Birx was criticized heavily for not following her own advice when she travelled to Fenwick Island in Delaware to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with family, despite telling the American public that they should not gather with people outside of their own households.

According to the New York Post, the 64-year old expert on infectious diseases and internationally acclaimed AIDS researcher, who has been working for the White House since the beginning Reagan years, says she will stay on for the transition period to the purportedly incoming Biden administration and then leave her position.

She had previously stated that she was interested in working with Biden, but has changed her mind due to the scandal and the resulting scrutiny of her personal life.

"I want the Biden administration to be successful. I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in and then I will retire," iterated Birx.

"I will have to say, as a civil servant, I will be helpful through a period of time, and then I will have to say, this experience has been a bit overwhelming. It has been very difficult on my family … I think what was done over the last week to my family."

"I think what was done in the past week to my family — you know, they didn’t choose this for me. They’ve tried to be supportive, but to drag my family into this..."

Birx paused and then continued, "My daughter hasn’t left that house in 10 months, my parents have been isolated for 10 months. They’ve become deeply depressed as I’m sure many elderly have as they’ve not been able to see their sons, their granddaughters. My parents have not been able to see their surviving son for over a year. These are all very difficult things.”