(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Jay Bhattacharya - to be Director of NIH [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-11-27 The Director of the National Institutes of Health will be Covid-19 lock down and mask mandate critic. He has been a speaker at The Heritage Foundation, those folks behind Project 2025. He will, of course, work with RFK Jr. We couldn't be in better hands. Dr. Bhattacharya was one of 3 authors on "The Great Barrington Declaration," which called for "speeding herd immunity" by allowing people of low risk to get infected while protecting the elderly. There is no such thing as low risk when it comes to Covid. It was released in October, 2020, when things were really bad and hundreds, sometimes a thousand, of people were dying every day. The paper challenged lockdowns and mask mandates. Dr. Francis Collins, a former NIH Director, said of the report, "This is not mainstream science. This is dangerous. It fits into the political views of certain parts of our confused political establishment." Need I say more? He's got 20 years of work behind him. Some doctors are sort of shrugging their shoulders, where other ones think it's a very foolish choice. Some say he shouldn't be anywhere near the NIH, much less the director's office. Trump of course touts the Great Barrington Declaration, in his nomination release, as being a work of some consequence instead of the garbage it really is. Many are worried that Dr. Bhattacharya will change how the NIH currently works with research, grants, and vaccine testing. The man is not Dr. Fauci. He could stop funding research for gain of function, where you see how a pathogen could become more dangerous. They could ban the use of fetal tissue, a vital tool, which is important in learning how to repair organ and brain damage. There is one piece of silver lining. A new director does have to be confirmed by the Senate. [END] --- [1] Url: https://dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/27/2289069/-Jay-Bhattacharya-to-be-Director-of-NIH?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/