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Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’ (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Started compiling a list, but it posted early, and I got lazy.

List of them here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services

Looking at the first handful, most aren't medical professionals.

You would still expect that they should be able leverage their resources to have a pre-built response to a question like that.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The last qualified one was Tom Price in 2017

Before that, Louis W. Sullivan in 1989

Both republican

[–] anon02947382020@lemmy.today 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry how are you deciding who is qualified? Just being an M.D.? I agree that’s a good start, but MD does not a qualified HHS secretary make.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 11 hours ago

We are talking about being qualified to give medical advice