Trump appointee urged ‘herd immunity’ approach to combat Covid – report

by Evelyn Reynolds 17 December 2020, 14:33 169 Views

Top White House appointee in Department of Health and Human Services said in an email in July, ‘we want Americans infected’

A top White House appointee in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urged health officials in July to double down on a “herd immunity” approach to combating the Covid-19 pandemic, writing “we want [Americans] infected”.

Paul Alexander, a former aide to HHS assistant press secretary Michael Caputo and a known herd immunity advocate, wrote an email to Caputo on 4 July – right as virus cases were spiking in the Sun Belt – laying out his case for herd immunity.

Source: US Politics - theguardian.com

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