Trump Taps Former Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon to Lead CDC
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“Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been off the political stage for more than 15 years,” the New York Times[1] reports.
“While in Congress, Dr. Weldon was sharply critical of officials at the C.D.C. and the Food and Drug Administration. They ‘failed to free themselves from conflicts of interest that serve to undermine public confidence in the safety of vaccines.'”
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