"Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies"
"Jay Bhattacharya, an unofficial Covid adviser in Donald Trump’s first administration, has been selected as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the leading biomedical research institutions in the world.
The choice of Bhattacharya, a Stanford economist whose proposal for widespread Covid-19 infection was backed by the White House, signals a return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies in the second Trump administration, experts say.
Bhattacharya, an economist who attended medical school, has called for an “an absolute revamping of the scientific community”.
He has questioned the safety of vaccines, testified against the effectiveness of face masks, and argued that NIH officials should not be involved with scientific policy."
Melody Schreiber reports for the Guardian November 26, 2024.
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