#daveweldon — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/people/70850/ FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department #DanielJernigan #DaveWeldon #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #EricaSchwartz #health #JayBhattacharya #JohnFKennedy #Jr #KyleDiamantas #MartyMakary #NicoleSaphier #PeterLurie #RobertFKennedyJr #SusanMonarez #Trump #WashingtonNews
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https://www.europesays.com/people/69606/ FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department #DanielJernigan #DaveWeldon #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #EricaSchwartz #health #JayBhattacharya #JohnFKennedy #Jr #KyleDiamantas #MartyMakary #NicoleSaphier #PeterLurie #RobertFKennedyJr #SusanMonarez #Trump #WashingtonNews
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@shades And #DaveWeldon is now blaming #Republican Senators Collins and Cassidy for saying they wouldn't vote for him, causing the White House to pull his nomination to lead #CDC. The lesson: #Resistance works! Not every time, but enough to stop some bad, bad stuff. Fight!
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We won!!!! Nomination of the odious #DaveWeldon to lead #CDC has been pulled!!!!! 🎉 🥂
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More on the genuinely odious #DaveWeldon, very likely to be the new head of the #CDC unless the #Senate comes to its senses and stops him. https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/03/11/cdc-pick-dave-weldons-views-on-reproduction-and-end-of-life-raise-alarm/
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He is a far right Christian extremist and evolution skeptic ;
“President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, a physician and vaccine safety skeptic, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” https://www.archivebuttons.com/articles?article=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/22/dave-weldon-cdc-trump-pick-00191383
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The incoming #CDC director will need #Senate confirmation. If Dr. #DaveWeldon is successful, he will sit at the helm of an agency w/a budget of >$15B, which has historically been used to track & respond to #InfectiousDisease outbreaks.
But #Trump’s choice to lead its parent agency, the Department of Health & Human Services, is #RFKJr, who has been outspoken about his plans to deprioritize communicable #disease #research.
If RFKJr, is confirmed, the mission & focus of the CDC’s work may change.
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As a member of Congress, Dr. #DaveWeldon pushed the #ConspiracyTheory that thimerosal, a preservative compound in some #vaccines, had caused an explosion of autism. This theory is false, experts believe.
He was also the author of the Weldon Amendment, which barred the Department of #Health & Human Services from funding federal or state programs that “discriminated” against #HealthInsurance plans or providers who refused to pay for or provide #abortions.
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In a flurry of late-Friday announcements, #Trump made a slew of picks, including: #RussVought, a key figure in the *#conservative* governing blueprint known as #Project2025, to lead the #OMB; Rep Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon for #labor secretary; Dr. Martin A. Makary to lead the #FDA; & Dr. #DaveWeldon, a fmr congressman from Florida, to be director of the #CDC.
#law #USpol #health #ReproductiveRights
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