Obama Appoints NY Nanny-Stater to Head CDC
Wow, is all I can say upon hearing that Thomas Frieden will head the the CDC .This means that Obama is turning the CDC from an infectious disease-focused government entity into one that polices fast food, trans fats and smoking, which is what appointee Frieden focused on in NY. With HIV infection rates in the District exceeding those in many African countries I would hope that the CDC head cared more about infectious disease than the damage that cheeseburgers might do. But, alas, he does not.
New York City Health Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden, known for his aggressive and sometimes controversial efforts to limit smoking and consumption of trans fats in the nation’s largest metropolis, has been chosen by President Obama to direct the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced yesterday…
Those efforts sparked criticism that he was pushing government interference too far. Conservatives also balked at his support for the distribution of condoms and clean needles to slow the spread of HIV.
The Center for Consumer Freedom, an industry-funded group that promotes individual choice, criticized Frieden yesterday as an “overzealous activist.”
“Frieden doesn’t simply blur the line between what is the government’s responsibility in regulating health and what is the individual’s responsibility; he barely recognizes its existence,” center spokesman J. Justin Wilson said.
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