White House delays permanent CDC director pick

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Source: msn/Axios

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The White House is indefinitely postponing its selection of a permanent Centers for Disease Control director, leaving acting head Jay Bhattacharya overseeing the agency past a key deadline.

Why it matters: The punt underscores the difficulty of finding a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and leaves the beleaguered public health agency without a full-time political leader.

What they're saying: "Dr. Bhattacharya will continue to oversee the CDC by performing the delegable duties of the CDC director," Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon said.

"Secretary Kennedy and [HHS chief counselor] Chris Klomp are working with the White House on the CDC director search by evaluating candidates that can further the Trump administration's objective of restoring the CDC to its original mission of fighting infectious disease," he added.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/general/white-house-delays-permanent-cdc-director-pick/ar-AA1Zp9zV

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. " ...the Trump administration's objective of restoring the CDC to its original mission of fighting infectious disease,"

What kind of idiotic bullshit is this?

'Original mission'? The mission of the CDC is to protect us from disease. Not just the ones mentioned in the movies.

(Unbelievable... they are so deluded that they think that they can say crap like this and we will just accept it.

Of course, there is ample precedent of success with this procedure... so...

[BumRushDaShow]

2. That could be a tacit admission

that Brainworm Host has fucked it up. He seems to have dropped out of the news lately and things seem to be going on under the radar (whispered in the news) of at least trying to tamp him down (e.g., suddenly forcing the halt and/or delay of FDA/CDC Committee meetings being run by a bunch of anti-vax and woo loons).

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. Typical behavior from these goons.

The guy is a terror and a mistake, but despite the complete chaos he is creating...

They will keep him. Because he kisses the ass.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. For some reason I think his days may be numbered

even if he kisses ass (and especially since he ran against 45 way back, which would give them an excuse to cut bait).

I.e., although they "expect loyalty", they show little or none in return (see Noem and Bovino). They could stick the multimillionaire TV quack "Doctor" with 9 mansions in charge in the interim if necessary (since they already have other people doing multiple roles as an end-run around Senate confirmations).

[Ray Bruns]

5. Bullshit! There's gotta be some quack out there the senate republicans will approve of.

They installed RFK Jr.