Marty Makary became a GOP favorite for his questioning of COVID restrictions.
President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and author who argued against pandemic lockdowns, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Makary was known during the pandemic as an experienced medical expert willing to challenge his colleagues' assumptions on COVID, although he was often criticized by his peers for cherry-picking data or omitting context. As restrictions eased and a new variant surfaced, virus-related deaths soared from about 4,000 a week to about 15,000 a week by September, making 2021 a deadlier year than when the pandemic began.
He sounds a lot like RFK Jr. when talking about the 'poisoned' food supply, pesticides and ultra-processed foods. "We've got a poisoned food supply. We've got pesticides. We've got ultra-processed foods and all sorts of things that have been in the blind spots in modern medicine," Makary told Fox News this September.In a later interview, Makary praised Trump's decision to pick Kennedy.
"For too long, FDA leaders have acted like a crusty librarian who gets annoyed when someone wants to borrow a book. But then give preference to people they like," Makary wrote in a 2021 opinion article in Fox News., and praised Kennedy for questioning the use of anti-anxiety and anti-obesity drugs in children.
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