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How Trump warped HHS long before Covid-19
Political interference and tensions with scientists preceded and set the stage for the disaster of 2020.
President Donald Trump arrives in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on April 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
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They called it the End of Science and Medicine party a hastily organized, informal sendoff for a senior career health official, less than six months into the Trump administration.
Tom Novotny, the deputy assistant secretary for health, had refused to take a transfer to a lower-profile office. Now he was abruptly retiring. And Joshua Prasad, a then-29-year-old public health adviser who served as Novotny s aide, blasted out an email inviting colleagues to come say goodbye, the subject line intended as a joke on Novotony s science and medicine portfolio and the reality that his team was about to be disbanded.