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Billionaire Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were among those who praised President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Stanford University medical professor and economist Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Tuesday.
"I am thrilled to nominate Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation's Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that will improve Health, and save lives," Trump announced.
Bhattacharya was co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration in 2020, which condemned COVID-19 lockdowns as ineffective and harmful to public health. Signed by more than 15,000 medical and public health professionals, the document called for schools and universities to be open for in-person instruction and for low-risk young adults to work normally instead of from home.
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"I am thrilled to nominate Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation's Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that will improve Health, and save lives," Trump announced.
Bhattacharya was co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration in 2020, which condemned COVID-19 lockdowns as ineffective and harmful to public health. Signed by more than 15,000 medical and public health professionals, the document called for schools and universities to be open for in-person instruction and for low-risk young adults to work normally instead of from home.
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Elon Musk, RFK Jr. praise Trump's pick of Jay Bhattacharya for NIH director
Billionaire Elon Musk and Robert F Kennedy Jr were among those who praised President-elect Donald Trump s nomination of Stanford University medical professor and economist Jay Bhattacharya as
