@persagen@mastodon.social[thread] Jay Bhattacharya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Bhattacharya
* Stanford U. prof. medicine, economics, health research policy
* opp. COVID-19 lockdowns/masking
* quest. severity of SARS-CoV-2 virus
* coauthor, Great Barrington Declaration
* Nov 2024 tapped to lead Trump2 NIH
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrington_Declaration
* spons.: American Institute for Economic Research
* libertarian free-market think tank
* climate change denial
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Jay Bhattacharya: Critic of COVID mandates to run NIH
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/26/nx-s1-5195168/nih-bhattacharya-trump-election-2024
* dramatically affects medical science
* NIH world's largest public funder of biomedical research
* top target for restructuring as Trump overhauls U.S. federal government
* Great Barrington Declaration denounced by public health experts: unscientific/irresponsible
* fringe epidemiology
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