On November 26, Trump released a statement expressing his excitement that "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."

Bhattacharya was one of the earliest and most notable critics of the draconian COVID response by most governments around the world. In October 2020 he co-authored The Great Barrington Declaration, which criticized the harmful lockdown policies. Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy at Stanford University in California and the director of Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.

READ: Stanford prof: COVID lockdowns are 'biggest public health mistake we've ever made'

"Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Standard Medical Research as they examine the underlying causes of, and solutions to, America's biggest health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease. Together, they will work hard to Make America Healthy Again!" Trump's statement said.

"I am honored and humbled by President @realDonaldTrump's nomination of me to be the next @NIH director," Bhattacharya wrote on X. "We will reform American scientific institutions so that they are worthy of trust again and will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make America healthy again!"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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