#5SmartReads - August 31, 2020
On Chadwick Boseman (#RestInPower), rapid COVID testing, and Bring It On
Inside Trump’s pressure campaign on federal scientists over a Covid-19 treatment (Washington Post)
Yet again, the president had harnessed the machinery of government to advance his political agenda — with potentially corrosive effects on public trust in government scientists’ handling of the pandemic.
THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.
The politicization of public health and safety under this FDA Commissioner is sending me in a total tailspin and keeping me up at night. And for the record, I thought Trump hit it out of the park with his first FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb (a respected physician with strong public and private sector experience, and who really focused on public health with the regulation of vaping devices).
I had some hope for Commissioner Hahn, the current FDA head. That hope has quickly disappeared.
This is a long read, but a vitally important one.
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