Adams said he believed it was unlikely that Kennedy could be appointed to lead a major health agency because he has no medical expertise, it would likely be difficult for him to pass a background check for a top secret clearance and he’d likely lack support in Congress - though Trump circumvented the background check system during his first administration and stocked his Cabinet with acting officials who had not received congressional approval.
Howard Lutnick: RFK Jr. wants federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe
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Dr. Adams, who served in the Trump administration, said that the “sooner CDC says we were wrong, & hits the reset button, the better.
Former surgeon general calls CDC's relaxing of mask guidance 'premature'
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