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NIH Director Spanked For Blaming Biden For COVID Vax Misinformation

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During a lengthy interview on Face the Nation , NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was continually fact checked when he lied and said President Biden was at fault for eroding public trust on vaccines by the public at large during the COVID pandemic. The debate took off when Bhattacharya discussed honoring Officer Rose, who was killed by a vaccine denier during a shooting at the CDC . FTN host Margaret Brennan brought up the shooter's father, who said "he was brainwashed about the COVID vaccine and thought it was making him suicidal." Bhattacharya wanted no part of that discussion. He started blaming Biden when Brennan jumped in. BRENNAN: The Trump administration officials. BHATTACHARYA: No, I mean, I mean like Biden. So Biden, uh, for instance, BRENNAN: It began under the Trump administration. BHATTACHARYA: The Biden administration censored me, right? They censored, they've sent out, uh, uh, direct attacks on people who disagreed on, on, on the COVID on, on sort of whether the COVID vac

First report: NIH head quarrels with CBS host over loss in public trust on health issues — politico.com, 2d