President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a critic of COVID-19 lockdown insurance policies to function the top of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being.
In an announcement, Trump stated he has picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to function NIH director to work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — whom Trump named as his decide for secretary of the Division of Well being and Human Providers — to direct the nation’s medical analysis.
“Collectively, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Commonplace of Medical Analysis as they look at the underlying causes of, and options to, America’s greatest Well being challenges, together with our Disaster of Persistent Sickness and Illness,” Trump stated within the assertion. “Collectively, they may work arduous to Make America Wholesome Once more!
UNITED STATES – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya speaks throughout a roundtable dialogue with members of the Home Freedom Caucus on the COVID-19 pandemic at The Heritage Basis on Thursday, November 10, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photos)
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Bhattacharya is a professor of well being coverage at Stanford College who gained notoriety for overtly opposing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
Along with a medical diploma, he has a doctorate in economics.
Trump additionally nominated Jim O’Neil to function the deputy secretary of the Division of Well being and Human Providers to “oversee all operations and enhance Administration, Transparency, and Accountability,” in keeping with an announcement.
