Trump elevates Scott Atlas, a doctor with a rosier coronavirus outlook

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Dr. Scott Atlas warns against coronavirus overreaction and hysteria, pushes for the reopening of schools and sports leagues and downplays the need for broader testing to root out the virus.

Unlike bigger-name, more circumspect public health officials, who’ve watched their luster dim at the White House, Atlas has become a star adviser in President Donald Trump’s inner circle at a crucial moment during the pandemic.

With the virus showing no sign of letting up — the U.S. has recorded roughly 5.4 million Covid-19 cases and 170,000 deaths — and with less than three months to go in an uphill reelection battle, the president is betting that a telegenic physician with a positive outlook, though no expertise in infectious diseases or epidemiology, can change his fortunes.

Atlas, upbeat and relentlessly on message that Americans should resume life as much as they can, is the live embodiment of the president’s Covid-is-not-that-big-of-a-deal approach. Where school superintendents and football conference officials see a risk of the virus’s spread this fall, he cautions against too-strict measures. During Fox News appearances, he has downplayed the need for students to wear face coverings or practice social distancing if schools do reopen.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/trump-scott-atlas-coronavirus-doctor-396741

[safeinOhio]

1. I wonder about his thoughts on

Demon Sperm.

[QED]

2. Another covidiot putting loyalty over science.

How long will he last? Doesn't he know that ETTD?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Look for more people DYING....

Trump will end up killing more Americans. This virus is a serious one thst I do not plan to contract. If people ignore the warnings, it will be their funerals.

[secondwind]

4. He's a RADIOLOGIST. Enough said

[tanyev]

5. So he's just shrugging it off.

[Danascot]

15. Thank you

Now I don't have to say it!

[EarthFirst]

6. What's the name of his YouTube channel? nt

[still_one]

7. It isn't enough to say Atlas isn't an expert in this field. Why don't they say that he is a

radiologist, who is completely out of is element in epidemiology and infectious disease

Why don’t they point out he is a fellow at the Hoover Institute, and has been pushing a hard right agenda in regard to healthcare for sometime

Most important, why don’t they spell out what Atlas is proposing, herd immunity, which will result in the unnecessary deaths of 10s of thousands of people?

[calclar]

8. This guy's bottom line ideology is "herd immunity" which....

...has been the administration's all along regardless of their so-called efforts to make it look otherwise.
It's all just been a big political game (except for Fauchi) trying to divide blue from red.

Corruption at a whole new level with humans as their political capital.
At this rate, minimum over 1 million dead.

[progree]

9. 170,000 deaths? Atlas Shrugged /nt

[denem]

10. Atlas shrugged.

[Bengus81]

11. Birx, Fauci all of them need to WALK now.

Leave Trump with this new quack as his ONLY spokes person. Fauci has done all he can with a POS like Trump. No need to keep fighting it at the WH, do it in the Media.

[IronLionZion]

12. They're going for mass death

they just won't admit it publicly yet. And yes they are fine with survivors having permanent organ damage.

[NCjack]

13. Quackery has no friend like gullibility.

[ashredux]

14. I slept at a Holiday Inn....that is all that is required now for the Task Force

[amcgrath]

16. Trumps strategy

To destroy the postal vote is pointless, unless people are afraid to vote in person.

It is vital to Trump that the pandemic remains or worsens before Election Day. It is to his advantage to ensure Americans continue to contract and die from Covid