fossilesqueKennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’
ArchangelThat’s not “sidestepping”. That’s him straight up admitting he’s grossly unqualified for the role he’s been given.
ryannathansIs the secretary for health usually a medical professional?
- Dorothy Alanna Fink is an American endocrinologist and government official who served as the acting United States secretary of health and human services from January 20, 2025 until February 13, 2025
The last qualified one was Tom Price in 2017
Before that, Louis W. Sullivan in 1989
Both republican
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.
We are talking about being qualified to give medical advice
I don’t think that is the case for most countries.
BUT the secretary of health (or whatever they are called in other countries) must be well-informed enough to be a credible source 1. for general health advice about e.g. vaccines and 2. for acute information about current medical topics like the flu or similar illnesses.