Surgeon general is removed by Trump, replaced by deputy for now

>His biggest accomplishment may have been the publication in November of a landmark report on drug and alcohol addiction, which placed that condition alongside smoking, AIDS and other public health crises of the past 50 years that previous surgeons general have tried to address. The report called the addiction epidemic “a moral test for America.” Murthy's office sent millions of letters to doctors asking for their help to combat the opioid crisis.

>In 2015, amid a serious measles outbreak, Murthy urged parents to have their children vaccinated, adding his voice to the chorus trying to counter the small but burgeoning anti-vaccination movement. “The most important message I have is to please, please, please get your child vaccinated,” he said at the time. Later that year, he called for a walking campaign to combat chronic disease and obesity.

>Sometimes known as the “nation's doctor,” the surgeon general has little power beyond the ability to call attention to serious public health problems and offer data and solutions. He or she oversees the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, more than 6,600 uniformed public health-care personnel who work in various parts of the federal government. Some worked on the recent Zika and Ebola crises.

>Murthy had nearly two years left on his four-year term as surgeon general. The news release said he was asked to resign, then relieved of his duties. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) criticized the dismissal in a news release, saying that Murthy “U.S. surgeons general are not supposed to be fired midterm. They have served administrations of both political parties because keeping Americans safe and healthy isn't a partisan issue. Dr. Murthy helped steer our country through the frightening Ebola and Zika outbreaks, and rightfully focused on the devastation of addiction.”
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>James T. Currie, executive director of the Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service, a non profit that represents officers in the USPHS, said his group plans to campaign to persuade Trump to nominate a permanent surgeon general from within the ranks of the Public Health Service, which, he said, is required by federal law.

>According to her biography on the Surgeon General's website, Trent-Adams was the chief nurse officer for the USPHS from 2013 to 2016, advising on the “recruitment, assignment, deployment, retention, and career development” of nurses in the corps. She also held a senior position in the HIV/AIDS Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). She is not the first nurse to serve as surgeon general; Richard Carmona, who held the post from 2002 to 2006 under President George W. Bush was both a nurse and doctor.

>Murthy wrote in his Facebook post that “the world is locked in a struggle between love and fear. Choose love. Always. It is the world's oldest medicine. It is what we need to build a nation that is safe and strong for us and our children.

>“Healing happens when we are able to truly talk to and connect with each other,” he added. “That means listening and understanding. It means assuming good, not the worst. It means pausing before we judge. Building a more connected America will require us to find new ways to talk to each other.”

I see Murthy was clearly a proponent of marijuana legalization.

Place your bets on which corporation will get his seat now, folks.

AUTISM

>>134722
Great news

>>134741
Some member/CEO of a big pharmaceutical corp.

>>134722
Yeah, every president cycles the last guys appointments out. Not news

>>134741
Wasn't it the deputy to the surgeon general?

>“The statements I've made in the past about gun violence being a public health issue, I stand by those comments because they're a fact,” he said then. “They're a fact that nearly every medical professional who's ever cared for a patient can attest to.”

That seems silly. Like saying car crashes are a public health issue.

>>134832
The deputy holds it temporarily until a new one is assigned. Then the deputy is replaced.

>>134841
Car crashes are a public health issue though? Virtually anything that causes a person to go to the hospital can be considered a health issue, differing on severity. Same with drunk driving, cig smoking, hard drugs.

>>134722
What part of "shall not be infringed" do people with doctorates not understand?

Weaponry is in no way comparable with modes of transportation. Defense of self is a right, transportation is a privilege.

Gun control is never about health or crime, it is about removing power.

Weapons give the average man the ability to defend himself from tyrants, criminals, and foreign invaders alike......

The appeal to emotion is hackneyed, there are no new arguments.

This idiot is parroting the SJW, UN, globalist call to dis arm the populace.

We will never give up our power. War will have to come to make that happen, and then the least of anyones worry will be gun violence.....

>>134883
1. your gun is in a safe and can't help you in the dead of night
2. your gun isn't in a safe and can be stolen and used against you while you sleep
3. you sleep with your gun under your pillow, in which case you are crazy

Which is you?

>>134884

4. You're a pussy socialist European subject posting about something to which will never apply to you.

>>134895
Wrong. I live in Texas, son, where even the liberals have Saturday Night Specials. That's how I know that it's much easier to steal a gun than it is to use one to protect yourself.

>>134896

>Texas
lol Austin

>>134897
Wrong. Waco.

>>134900
Should you be posting here? You know the feds can track you back to your compound, right?

>>134841
They are...
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4818a1.htm