Trump Chooses Health Economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head NIH

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Trump Chooses Health Economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head NIH
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President Trump has selected Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a health economist and critic of pandemic restrictions, to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya, alongside RFK Jr., aims to restore NIH to a gold standard of medical research and address America's chronic health issues.

The decision to choose Bhattacharya for the post is yet another reminder of the ongoing impact of the COVID pandemic on the politics on public health has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya , a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation's leading medical research agency.

The document — which came before the availability of COVID-19 vaccines and during the first Trump administration — promoted “herd immunity,” the idea that people at low risk should live normally while building up immunity to COVID-19 through infection. Protection should focus instead on people at higher risk, the document said.

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