Jayanta Bhattacharya
Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya is a physician and professor of medicine at Stanford University, recognized for his research in health policy and epidemiology. He gained significant attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for advocating against strict lockdown measures and emphasizing the importance of natural immunity. Bhattacharya is a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which proposed an alternative strategy for managing the pandemic. Recently, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and he has defended the administration's controversial funding cuts while proposing a vision for a more decentralized and transparent approach to medical research.
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Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya criticized the Biden Administration for using its regulatory power to suppress valid criticism of its COVID response.
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Jayanta Bhattacharya is President Donald Trump's pick to head the National Institutes of Health.
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