“We know people may have made mistakes over the Thanksgiving time period,” Dr. Birx scolded the nation on CBSâ Face the Nation. “If you’re young and you gathered, you need to be tested about five to 10 days later. But you need to assume that you’re infected.” Then Birx made her own âmistakeâ. After urging people not to “go near your grandparents and aunts and others”, and to stick to “your immediate household”, she headed off to her vacation home on a Delaware island along with members of a multigenerational family that encompasses three households across three states. Americans have been told to follow the science, when they ought to be following the scientists.