NIH Chief Bhattacharya Says Biden Censored Him in CBS Clash Over 1 CDC Shooting

2 articles · Updated · The Daily Wire · Aug 10

Jay Bhattacharya used a Sunday CBS interview to accuse the Biden administration of censoring him during the COVID pandemic, repeatedly rejecting Margaret Brennan’s attempts to move on.
The NIH director said officials and media enforced a “single point of view” on COVID, arguing that school closures, suppression of debate over vaccine harms and job losses eroded trust in public health.
The exchange turned after Brennan asked whether enough was being done to counter misinformation, citing the Atlanta trip marking 1 year since the CDC headquarters shooting that killed DeKalb County officer David Rose.
Brennan called Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the COVID shot was “the deadliest vaccine ever made” misinformation and dangerous, while Bhattacharya argued distrust stemmed from Biden-era censorship rather than Trump.