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Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing

Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing

Is Casey Means dangerously unqualified or exactly the healthcare revolutionary America needs?
Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing
Above: Casey Means speaks during a Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb, 25. Image credit: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

Casey Means proved herself dangerously unqualified during her confirmation hearing, refusing to give straight answers on basic medical facts like vaccine safety and the flu vaccine's effectiveness. Her deflections on birth control risks, her promotion of products without disclosure, and her alarming suggestion that decades of autism-vaccine research should be questioned reveal someone more interested in wellness influencer talking points popular in MAGA circles than protecting public health.

Casey Means delivered powerful testimony exposing how medical schools ignore nutrition, ultra-processed foods, and environmental toxins killing Americans while Big Pharma profits from sickness. Her emphasis on informed consent and root causes over band-aid treatments represents exactly the healthcare revolution this country desperately needs, and her courage to leave traditional medicine and confront the chronic disease crisis makes her the perfect choice to lead MAHA's mission.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that the flu vaccine coverage for the 2025-26 season among children of 6 months to 17 years in the U.S. will be at least 49.2%, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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