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Trump’s NIH pick recounts censorship by Biden for views on COVID: ‘Science … needs free speech’
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1:10Now PlayingPresident Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health delighted Republican lawmakers Wednesday by vowing to defend freedom of speech in scientific research while fending off an onslaught of questions about Elon Musk and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya, who came to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for his opposition to widespread lockdowns and mask mandates, recounted his own experience with having his dissent throttled by the Biden administration.
“The root problem was that people who had alternative ideas were suppressed,” Bhattacharya reflected during an exchange with Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) “I personally was subject to censorship by the actions of the Biden administration during the pandemic.”
“Science, to succeed, needs free speech,” he added. “It needs an environment where there’s tolerance for dissent.”
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