A few days ago I asked who was that man with a white beard adoringly looking at Trump at CDC

[riversedge]

visit. the pic was posted on twitter but only with a brief comment about officials listening to trump.

Anyway, I have since learned it is homophobic @CDC Director Robert Redfield--a royal Trump loyalist. He is is
flattering Trump.

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March 7, 2020


Trump’s CDC Director Has a History of Controversial Opinions on Controlling Viruses
Robert Redfield has long allied himself with conservative politicians and their pet theories about disease.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/trumps-cdc-director-has-a-history-of-controversial-opinions-on-controlling-viruses/



J. Scott Applewhite/AP

While President Donald Trump rambled his way through an extremely weird visit to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on Friday, the lineup of serious-looking scientists behind him was supposed to inspire confidence that there are trustworthy and qualified people leading the nation’s response to the deadly coronavirus. But as the CDC, the central agency in charge of public health, struggles to get a handle on key messaging and coronavirus testing efforts, the credentials of its director Robert Redfield are in the spotlight.

From the start of his administration, Trump has struggled to fill top positions with qualified candidates; the world of people who can do a particular job and who show enough personal or political loyalty is often quite small. Redfield, 68, is a well-known virologist who spent decades working on HIV/AIDS research in the military and as the head of the University of Maryland’s Institute of Human Virology. He also has a long history of being a close ally to conservative politicians and their pet theories on HIV and AIDS.


In the 1980s and early 1990s, as an Army doctor stationed at Walter Reed Medical Center, Redfield worked on setting up protocols to handle service members infected with AIDS. Even by the standards of the era, when much was still unknown about the virus, his suggestions were controversial. He advocated quarantining infected soldiers, spreading their diagnosis across the chain of command with little concern for their privacy, and investigating their sexual histories.
Even by the standards of the era, when much was still unknown about AIDS, Redfield’s suggestions were controversial.

Redfield advocated similar ideas outside of the military, aligning himself with a conservative Christian group called Americans for a Sound HIV/AIDS Policy (ASAP) which supported similar steps in the general public (mandatory testing and quarantines) to control the spread of the virus. According to Foreign Policy, in the introduction of a book by ASAP’s founder, Redfield rejected the medical norms for handling the epidemic and called for a more faith-based approach:

“It is time to reject the temptation of denial of the AIDS/HIV crisis; to reject false prophets who preach the quick-fix strategies of condoms and free needles; to reject those who preach prejudice; and to reject those who try to replace God as judge. The time has come for the Christian community—members and leaders alike—to confront the epidemic,” he wrote. Redfield named the breakdown of family values and increasing number of single-parent households as key factors responsible for the spread of AIDS.......................

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[riversedge]

1. "In the 1980s Redfield worked closely with W. Shepherd Smith, Jr. and his Christian organization, Am

what a Trump swamp creature!

"In the 1980s Redfield worked closely with W. Shepherd Smith, Jr. and his Christian organization, Americans for a Sound AIDS/HIV Policy, or ASAP. The group maintained that AIDS was "God's judgment" against homosexuals"
Laurie Garrett opinion CNN 5/13/2018

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[rockfordfile]

2. Redfield is a pos

[riversedge]

3. Redfield is a dangerous man. Period.

[Claritie Pixie]

4. Oh the stories I can tell about Redfield.

He is not a decent human being.

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. Where does Trump find these people?

It's as if he has a list that's titled "Who knows the least and can fuck up the most".

[Poiuyt]

6. We are in the midst of a kakistocracy

A system of government that is run by the worst, least qualified, and/or most unscrupulous citizens.

Sound about right?

[UpInArms]

7. Dear Dog

There are no words to describe my revulsion that this thing calls itself a human ... that is the most twisted crap I have heard in ... I can’t say how long

“It is time to reject the temptation of denial of the AIDS/HIV crisis; to reject false prophets who preach the quick-fix strategies of condoms and free needles; to reject those who preach prejudice; and to reject those who try to replace God as judge. The time has come for the Christian community—members and leaders alike—to confront the epidemic,” he wrote. Redfield named the breakdown of family values and increasing number of single-parent households as key factors responsible for the spread of AIDS.......................

[ribrepin]

8. I noticed him during Trump's comment about Gov. Insley being a snake

Nobody else was even smiling, but old white beard was cracking up like he was at a Trump rally

[samplegirl]

9. I had to look up this jackasses

name tonight. Ever since I saw him snickering.