NIH Pick Resigns From “Prosecute Scientists” Group

December 2, 2024 Medicine, Science

The New York Times reports:

Mr. Trump’s pick for N.I.H. director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the Stanford professor who gained notoriety during the pandemic for supporting the widely maligned idea that the coronavirus should be left to spread freely among healthy Americans, has called for a dramatic restructuring of the N.I.H., which he has said is led by small-minded bureaucrats.

Dr. Bhattacharya on Friday resigned from the board of Biosafety Now, a group that has promoted prosecuting “those culpable for covering up” the cause of Covid-19. Many fear that the next administration will weaken the N.I.H., divesting from critical research with long-lasting consequences for science, innovation and public health.

A spokesman for the Trump team said Mr. Trump’s cabinet picks will “slash wasteful spending in our broken health care system that cripples our nation’s budget” and “return health care to the Gold Standard.” Project 2025 described an even more dramatic plan to defang the agency by funneling a chunk of its budget to state governments to “fund their own scientific research.”

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