A @Reuters special report: HHS chief Alex Azar tapped ex-professional Labradoodle breeder to coordinate the coronavirus response https://t.co/i6fU90uRgY pic.twitter.com/ka4ft86FWl— Reuters (@Reuters) April 22, 2020
I would like to go back to a time in which Reuters and The Onion were easily distinguishable from one another. https://t.co/m3xlfV4INW— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 23, 2020
So it seems back in late January, as the first COVID19 cases were showing up in the US, the secretary of HHS made a dog breeder the point man for national COVID response. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/2xaxf0VGbg— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 23, 2020
Hard to understate the damage of Labradoodle-gate— Zac "Trump Hired A Labradoodle Breeder" Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) April 23, 2020
Test kit supply chains are difficult to comprehend
Know what's easy?
Appointing an unqualified dog breeder w/ no public health experience to lead virus response during the period the US fell behind other countries on testing
FDA chief Stephen Hahn asked HHS in January if he could contact companies about possible shortages of PPE and other equipment. He was told no. Azar told associates such calls would alarm the industry and make the administration look unprepared. https://t.co/ZGuesQZitQ— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 22, 2020
"Azar and his top deputies oversaw health agencies that were slow to alert the public to the magnitude of the crisis, to produce a test to tell patients if they were sick, and to provide protective masks to hospitals even as physicians pleaded for them."— Tommy Canseeyou (@TCanseeyou) April 22, 2020
Pandemic task force? Really? pic.twitter.com/O7cTcVRqGB— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 23, 2020
And, finally, comparing this to the "demotion" of Dr. Rick Bright at HHS because he refused to roll over on hydroxychloroquine testing:
They reassign the guy with a 100 letters after his name with 30 years of research experience, but feel strongly about dog dude. Yep. It all adds up to why the USA has 45,000 deaths in 6 weeks. Total amateur hour. Brownie still doing a heckava job.— Suzanne W 🌊🌊 😷😷😷 (@TwitZanne) April 23, 2020
Prepare to go under the bus, Secretary Azar!
