At the start of the Covid pandemic, Jay Bhattacharya said deaths would likely be “limited,” probably in the 20K-40k range. He was off by at least 25x. Now he denies saying that & he’s Trump’s pick to head the NIH. Read all about the big mistake he won’t admit. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

davidcorn.bsky.social • 1 day ago

At the start of the Covid pandemic, Jay Bhattacharya said deaths would likely be “limited,” probably in the 20K-40k range. He was off by at least 25x. Now he denies saying that & he’s Trump’s pick to head the NIH. Read all about the big mistake he won’t admit.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/jay-battacharya-national-institutes-of-health-covid-great-barrington-trump/

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blkshrink.bsky.social•1 day ago

Being WRONG and a LIAR is a horrible combination!

mightyani.bsky.social•1 day ago

Stop giving these monsters credibility by calling their decisions "mistakes." Stop it. This guy LIED.

saskboy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isn't he also behind the GBDeclaration, which set international policy as #PersonalResponsibility, ending Public Health as we knew it?

goodgeorge.bsky.social•1 day ago

It just keeps getting worse.

shedevilpatrol.bsky.social•19 hours ago

#JayBhattacharyaiwasjustdoingmyjobwillnotflyaccountability #nurembergtrials

quietecho.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here is another good example of Trump promoting someone not for good performance but for good PR (meaning mouthing what T wanted)

donaldskuhns.bsky.social•1 day ago

You're probably aware of this, but in MAGA upside down world, guys like him have been proved to be 100% correct by all the scientific studies of the pandemic.

eminencefront.bsky.social•1 day ago

The only qualification is that you support whatever nonsense Trump and his cronies are pushing.

jojomiddleton.bsky.social•18 hours ago

We are in deep shit Period. I’ll bet republican voters are clueless.

artswoon.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Profoundly unfit. Easy no vote.

experimental22.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Jay Battacharya is a charlatan.

rbsnst.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump rewarding those who sing his praisese

annesayre.bsky.social•1 day ago

Frightening.

dark-magic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why do these people lie so much?

albadawn.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just never imagined there were so many horrible people walking this earth. Especially in a country where they’ve lived a privileged life.

jamkam6969.bsky.social•1 day ago

The most dangerous kind of scientist: The rabid MAGA Kool-Aid drinker.

isdoomimminent.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can be a MAGA Kool-Aid drinker or a scientist, but you cannot be both.

The MAGA Kool-Aid drinker is, at best, a pseudo-scientist.

brianwroten.bsky.social•1 day ago

You should refer to him as "Dr. Johnny Bananas" per one of the "doctors" that signed GBD.

keywester1.bsky.social•1 day ago

So sick of all the LIES… everybody makes mistakes, but you are a total asshole when you don’t admit the truth

leeprescott.bsky.social•1 day ago

This administration’s unchallenged leader believes that if we eradicate the government institutions and fire the employees that used to keep track of the number of cases/deaths in any given scourge, then the deaths aren’t really happening, rendering expensive medical research…unnecessary.

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dust-yourself-off.bsky.social•19 hours ago

This guy didn't "misread" anything.

He simply chose to LIE.

We will never really know how many people died
- because a lot of states and countries hid/distorted that information.

The FBI listed future pandemics as a national security risk.

jrmilks.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Par for the MAGA GOP. They spent decades featiring Richard Lindzen and using him as an excuse to deny climate change despite his reputation as the most debunked climate scientist.

madisonian76.bsky.social•1 day ago

He was using Drumpfs statistics….oooops!!!!!

itsrealpatricia.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's a fraude and a kook! We No Coviders on Xitter flagged him as a liar long ago.

1sorefoot.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Repukes will rubber stamp the idiot...
As they have done to the rest of his choices.

Can't wait for them to grow a set... Or, midterms

xhoipolloix.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's willing to ignore facts and tell Trump what he wants to hear. The definition of MAGA.

dbstiner.bsky.social•1 day ago

Usual crap

moina.bsky.social•1 day ago

He is from India, so am I. We both have same mother tongue, Bengali. He is notoriously Pagla it means a mad man.

megidd.bsky.social•1 day ago

What other mistakes is he making that the GOP are hiding?

tinas44.bsky.social•1 day ago

It seems that the more unqualified for a position, the more they've been wrong about pretty much everything, and the more they suck up to the convicted felon, the better chance they have of getting a job in this regime.

shuntbump.bsky.social•1 day ago

Everyone for themselves, thanks magats, and the head of the magat, comrade felon orange

drmke.bsky.social•1 day ago

This jerk screwed up the statistics in his paper and still denies it. Sorry, scientists can read and you can write. You did. It was wrong, wrong, wrong. Admit it.

lanie3.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Please view WH video of Trump & Zelensky. Watch it slowly.You’ll see what looks like Trump with his right hand on Zelenskyy’s left arm..giving him a quick shove. If that is what is shown..and is what it appears to be SOMEONE should cover it. I find that image to be quite rude and disrespectful. Yuk!

ppgtjk.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I also saw that. I might be mistaken, but I don't think "hands on" is a good diplomatic approach. In this case.
Although this instance could be the only time Trump has used that approach, other than a dressing room.

lanie3.bsky.social•19 hours ago

What I DO know is that video..needs to be seen and viewed…now..as many times as it can. The idea that Zelensky had to sit there and endure that crassness..rude..disgusting behavior was..sad. I want everyone to know that the rude and disrespectful behavior was only coming from one direction..donald.

ramblingbruin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Watch Avian flu, it will be our next Pandemic, & this is who will lead us. God help us.

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