Former FDA Commissioner Slams Biden’s ‘Mishandling’ Of Bird Flu Response, Calls On President Trump To Fix It

Media figures and health officials around the world have been hyping the supposed threat of bird flu, fueling suspicion among some that another pandemic is being engineered behind the scenes.

But if this virus does start spreading across the United States, it might be due to the incompetence of the current White House.

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gotlieb and and ex-National Security Council medical and biodefense preparedness policy director Luciana Borio recently co-authored an op-ed excoriating the Biden administration for its response to the health concern.

As The Hill reported:

Gottlieb and Borio claim that President Biden should’ve initiated a plan to address recent outbreaks in a federal effort with more urgency than he did.

Few human infections have been linked to dairy or poultry farms, resulting in mild illness, but some say a new strain could develop in the coming years.

“Only in the past month has the Biden administration undertaken widespread testing of bulk stocks of raw milk to detect which dairy herds are infected, so farmers can take steps to quarantine sick cows and prevent further transmission on farms and into dairy products,” they stated.

“A program to compensate dairy farms upon finding infected cattle wasn’t launched until this past summer — a crucial step to ensure that livestock owners aren’t saddled with financial hardship as they identify compromised herds.”

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Bird flu has been a common topic of social media discussion in recent months:

Here we go…

Chief Scientist at the WHO, and one of the main individuals who WITTINGLY covered up the lab origins of SARS-CoV-2, is now suggesting that H5N1 Bird Flu is a “serious concern”, and is pushing to preemptively develop vaccines.

They are going to try it again… pic.twitter.com/hzttydG4wS

— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) May 12, 2024

Breaking! President Trump Warns Of New Bird Flu Pandemic: WE WILL NOT COMPLY pic.twitter.com/z0RhzYtxq8

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) May 23, 2024

I swear if this stupid bird flu thing gets traction, I will cut anyone out of my life who thinks people should have their rights away in the name of a virus so fast it will make your head spin.

— Caroline (@carolinecwilder) December 30, 2024

Even if they unleash “bird flu” on us, mixed with tuberculosis, sprinkled with measles, and threaded with a zombie apocalypse— we still aren’t playing pandemic again. pic.twitter.com/TUWhG9E2Xj

— Carson Krow (@carsonkrow) May 4, 2024

Do not comply with the Bird Flu pic.twitter.com/GkZE6hOobw

— Mark of the BEAST (@MarkOftheBEAS14) January 1, 2025

For their part, Gottlieb and Boris seem at least somewhat optimistic that incoming President Donald Trump will have a better strategy for dealing with the health concern.

According to Yahoo:

In the midst of a transfer of power, Gottlieb and Borio are hoping former President Trump will mitigate further bird flu infections.

“The incoming Trump administration has an opportunity to recalibrate the public health strategy. That should include balancing the need to counter looming threats and communicate openly and accurately about emerging dangers, all while ensuring that responses are properly scaled to the risks that Americans face,” they wrote.

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Trump briefly addressed the U.S Department of Agriculture regulations and farmer concerns at the end of his campaign with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. through a “Make America Healthy Again” promotional.

The former president hasn’t signaled any further priorities for the department or bird flu variations since. However, Gottlieb and Borio encourage the leader to do so in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here’s some of the latest bird flu coverage: