NIH director says Trump, Republicans pressured him to back unproven COVID-19 remedies

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NIH director says Trump, Republicans pressured him to back unproven COVID-19 remedies

BY JOSEPH CHOI - 12/20/21 10:01 AM EST
 
On his last day as director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), Francis Collins spoke on how former President Trump pressured him to endorse unproven medical treatments for COVID-19, such as "hydroxychloroquine and blood plasma."

Speaking with "CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent Rita Braver, Collins said, "I have done everything I can to stay out of any kind of political, partisan debates, because it really is not a place where medical research belongs."

However, Collins said he often had to face off against Trump for his refusal to recommend medical treatments for COVID-19 that had not been shown to improve illnesses.

"And I got into a difficult place, and got a bit of a talking-to by the President of the United States about this," he said. "But I stuck my ground."

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/586539-nih-director-says-trump-republicans-pressured-him-to-back-unproven

[GtHawk]

NIH director says Trump, Republicans pressured him to back unproven COVID-19 remedies

BY JOSEPH CHOI - 12/20/21 10:01 AM EST
 
On his last day as director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), Francis Collins spoke on how former President Trump pressured him to endorse unproven medical treatments for COVID-19, such as "hydroxychloroquine and blood plasma."

Speaking with "CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent Rita Braver, Collins said, "I have done everything I can to stay out of any kind of political, partisan debates, because it really is not a place where medical research belongs."

However, Collins said he often had to face off against Trump for his refusal to recommend medical treatments for COVID-19 that had not been shown to improve illnesses.

"And I got into a difficult place, and got a bit of a talking-to by the President of the United States about this," he said. "But I stuck my ground."

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/586539-nih-director-says-trump-republicans-pressured-him-to-back-unproven

And cost how many American lives because of it? Stay out of anything political? He's a if he thinks anyone with a brain believes that.

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"And I got into a difficult place, and got a bit of a talking-to by the President of the United States about this," he said. "But I stuck my ground."

And 800,000 Americans have died as a result of you holding your ground.

[Hoodat]

On his last day as director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), Francis Collins spoke on how former President Trump pressured him to endorse unproven medical treatments for COVID-19, such as "hydroxychloroquine and blood plasma."

Both are proven medical treatments.  Collins is guilty of crimes against humanity.  He should be tried under a Nuremburg-style court, and if found guilty should be hung from the neck until dead.

[Kamaji]

And 800,000 Americans have died as a result of you holding your ground.