{"id":7514,"date":"2024-11-23T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=7514"},"modified":"2024-11-24T12:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:40:40","slug":"covid-lockdown-sceptic-is-frontrunner-to-lead-trump-health-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/covid-lockdown-sceptic-is-frontrunner-to-lead-trump-health-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid lockdown sceptic is frontrunner to lead Trump health agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanford University professor and Covid-19 lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya has emerged as the frontrunner to run the National Institutes of Health, according to two people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

The nomination of Bhattacharya, who rose to prominence during the pandemic for opposing lockdown restrictions, would put another ally of Robert Kennedy Jr, the vaccine sceptic who is Trump\u2019s pick to run the US health department, in charge of one of the country\u2019s most powerful public health agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stanford University professor and Covid-19 lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya has emerged as the frontrunner to run the National Institutes of Health, according to two people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

The nomination of Bhattacharya, who rose to prominence during the pandemic for opposing lockdown restrictions, would put another ally of Robert Kennedy Jr, the vaccine sceptic who is Trump\u2019s pick to run the US health department, in charge of one of the country\u2019s most powerful public health agencies.<\/p>\n

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