Dr Scott Atlas resigns from Trump White House

After a three-month stint on the White House Coronavirus Task Force in which he advocated for “collective immunity,” he criticized wearing masks and generally acted like an anti-science idiot of ants, Dr Scott Atlas presented his resignation Monday evening.

In a letter to President Donald Trump, Atlas wrote that “it has always been based on the latest science and evidence, without any other political consideration or influence.” This is the kind of statement that could truly be credible, had Atlas not repeatedly and blatantly used his position to elevate the pseudoscientific nonsense that was apparently perfectly designed to bolster Trump’s strategy of downplaying the severity of COVID-19.

In October, Twitter made the extraordinary decision to delete a tweet in which Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no experience in infectious disease or public health, simply wrote, “Do masks work? NO. “In November, following the three-week announcement of new social distancing orders, Atlas appeared to encourage vigilante retaliation against conspiratorial Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sloppy kidnapping hatched by six coronavirus deniers just a month before.

“The only way it stops is for people to stand up,” he wrote in a tweet. “You get what you accept. #LibertadMatters #StepUp “

Atlas has also spoken out on several occasions behind over-simplified claims that open schools are not a threat during a pandemic, frequently saying that there is no “ zero excuse ” for keeping schools closed and that children “ hardly ever transmit ” the virus. .

During his tenure in the White House, Atlas reportedly drew the wrath of the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Robert Redfield, who was heard by an NBC News reporter say, “Everything you say is wrong. ‘, During a phone call in September.

Atlas’s departure comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise in almost every part of the United States. According to a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force who spoke with CNN

On Monday, Atlas’s resignation was hailed as “good news, as his discredited theories will no longer have a place at the table.”