The Media Is Furious That Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Will Be Head of NIH
On Tuesday evening, President-Elect Donald Trump made the best single decision of the transition period as he prepares to return to the White House in January. He named Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as head of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Bhattacharya is eminently qualified for this position; he graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine with an MD in 1997, then received a Ph.D from Stanford Medicine in 2000. He has a BA, MA, MD and Ph.D, has worked as a professor of medicine, economics and health policy and is the director of Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.
But more importantly, Dr. Bhattacharya represents a complete rebuke and repudiation of Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, and previous leadership at NIH. Because unlike them, he's not a career politician, he's been a victim of the censorship and criticism that they never have, and he actually follows evidence and science instead of ideology. That's why he and a few other scientists created the Great Barrington Declaration; a more reasonable blueprint for handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Because he dared speak up against the government overreach of lockdowns, school closures, and mask mandates, the media's reaction to his appointment has been outrage. As always, seeing someone outside their circle running an important government agency is too much for them to handle. And that's exactly why Bhattacharya is the best pick Trump has made yet.
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