The mainstream media say things that are “completely at odds with the data” when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, new White House adviser Dr. Scott Atlas told Thursday “” The story. “
“There’s an overwhelming body of science here and if we had half an hour, I would articulate a little more,” Atlas host Martha MacCallum said. “But in principle, it’s frustrating to talk to the media about, ‘According to the data,’ and then they act and say things that are completely contrary to the data.
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“We need to use the data in this administration and everyone I’ve met here in the task force team. It’s very focused on the data, it’s a scientifically driven policy. It’s not a non-driven policy that some others have. propose. “
Earlier Thursday, CNN anchor Brianna Keilar claimed that Atlas, whose rental of the White House was announced by Trump on Monday, “clearly would not know science if it stabbed him in the Atlas.”
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“I’m pretty comfortable with my resume,” Atlas told MacCallum. “I have been at the highest levels of academic medicine for 25 years and combine my knowledge and expertise of medical science and critical thinking with my years in health policy … I hope to add something to what really makes a great team here.”
Keilar criticized Atlas after he played a clip of him and made fun of the ‘hysteria’ surrounding the virus.
“Okay. First off,” Keilar said, “Dr. Atlas clearly would not know science if it stuck him in the atlas, and people want their children to be healthy, their families to be healthy – that’s not hysteria. It is rational human behavior. “
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Atlas received his medical degree from the University of Chicago and previously served as Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center. Keilar received a double degree in mass communication and psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She appears to have no medical experience and, according to her Berkeley biography, has spent her career in journalism.
Dr Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, has called on schools to reopen this fall as usual. He also supported the return of college sports and expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of stay-at-home orders and other restrictions.
