Health Friday 5.8.2026 Open Thread: Two Establishment Medicine Nominees: An Opinion Piece

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Two Establishment Medicine Nominees:

This Establishment Medicine practitioner was recently nominated by President Donald Trump 47 to be the next Director of the CDC: Dr. Erica Schwartz. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116416018325047452:

This nomination occurred after Dr. David Weldon withdrew from his nomination for the post; and, after Dr. Susan Monarez, PhD, was let go from her position as CDC director (fewer than six months after being confirmed by the Senate for the job) when it was discovered that she could have been working behind-the-scenes to obstruct the agenda for the agency that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was attempting to implement.

Dr. Schwartz’s accomplishments are impressive: earning a doctor of medicine degree, a Master of Public Health degree, and a law degree; and, as serving as a Coast Guard physician (https://time.com/article/2016/04/17/turmp-nominates-erica-schwartz-new-cdc-director/.) What is troubling, however, is the fact that Dr. Schwartz was instrumental in enforcing the “mandate” that all United States military personnel be injected with COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines”: https://aaronsiri.substack.com/p/the-queen-of-mandating-vaccines, Aaron Siri, Esq., 18 April 2026. According to Attorney Siri:

Another take on the nomination of Dr. Schwartz is here: https://tdefender.substack.com/cp/194572403, ” ‘Cause for Real Concern: MAHA Activists Criticize Trump’s Pick to Lead CDC’ “, Michael Devradakis, PhD, 17 April 2026. It appears that there may be a combination of several factors involved in the nomination of Dr. Schwartz: among them, a further “reining in” of Sec. Kennedy, Jr.’s HHS agenda: also, a potential attempt to weaken and/or divide the groundswell of dissatisfaction with the COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines”, along with the growing recognition of the documented dangers and deaths that these “vaccines” induce.

Yet other aspects regarding the nomination are presented by Dr. Peter A. McCullough, here: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/the-deep-states-medical-playbook, 27 April 2026. This post is a combination of video interview with Dr. McCullough by Emerald Robinson, and an AI-generated text summary. Dr. McCullough argues that if confirmed, Dr. Erica Schwartz could either be “the insider” who can lead the CDC into meaningful and positive change; or, she could be a “Trojan horse” of betrayal of Make American Healthy Again.

HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., supports the nomination: https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/2044867883012850027. A partial screenshot of this tweet is below:

The questions arise: Why would HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., support “the queen of mandating vaccines” (Dr. Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD) as the next Director of the CDC? Is this the same HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., who was sworn into the job last year?

The second Establishment Medicine nominee of President Trump 47 is that of Dr. Nicole Saphier as the next Surgeon General of the United States: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116494658794846023:

Dr. Saphier is another experienced physician, with credits at the Mayo Clinic and at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Which sounds fine, except for the fact that Dr. Saphier is also a fierce proponent of the COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines” — and of childhood “vaccination” in general: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/mixed-bag-maha-president-trump-nominates, 2 May 2026:

The above is from this tweet: https://x.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/2050182644453818623, 1 May 2026.

Jon Fleetwood weighs in on the nomination of Dr. Saphier: https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/trump-surgeon-general-pick-dr-saphier, “Trump Surgeon General Pick Repeatedly Instructed Americans to Take COVID-19 Shot”, 1 May 2026. In his article, Mr. Fleetwood traces Dr. Saphier’s advocacy of the COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines.” A portion of his concluding remarks is below:

Yours Truly would point out the following required reading for Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Saphier: https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf, “BNT162b2 5.3.6 Cumulative Analysis of Post-authorization Adverse Event Reports“, given by Pfizer-BioNTech to the FDA on 30 April 2021. The section Appendix 1. List of Adverse Events of Special Interest, which being on Page 30 of the report, lists the 1,291 types of conditions (including Death) that were induced by persons receiving BNT162b2 (now called COMIRNATY) between 11 December 2020 (the date that the FDA granted the initial EUA for use of BNT162b2 in the United States), and 28 February 2021 — a time frame of fewer than three months of market use of the “vaccine.”

Another set of data points that needs to be required reading for Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Saphier: https://x.com/NicHulscher/status/2047483961354432956, 23 April 2026. Mr. Hulscher points out that cancers for persons under age 50 in the United States have risen, in the aggregate, 6.4% from 2021 (the year of the COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines” rollout) and 2023. He discusses the situation in depth, here: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-us-government-cancer-data, 23 April 2026.

What is going on here regarding the nominations of two Establishment Medicine stalwarts, both of whom are strong proponents of “vaccination”, including COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccination”? Why is HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., supporting the nomination of Dr. Nicole Saphier? What “signals” are being given? Are these nominations another “outcome” of the “ruling” by Federal Judge Brian E. Murphy earlier this year, which reversed the new CDC childhood / adolescent immunization schedule (a new schedule that reduced the number and types of “vaccines” that would be “recommended”) — and re-instated the former CDC immunization schedule of 72 “vaccines” injections to be given to children from the day of birth, up to 18 years of age? Are these nominations to bring back “business as usual” / “the good old days” at the CDC and at the Surgeon General’s office?

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TheseTruths

What is going on here regarding the nominations of two Establishment Medicine stalwarts, both of whom are strong proponents of “vaccination”, including COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccination”? 

Do they have to be confirmed by the Senate? If so, maybe they have moderated their positions enough that they seem trustworthy (enough) to MAHA, but they still seem mainstream to the entrenched senators?

Haven’t there been issues with one or two others that MAHA wanted to put into positions? I know that the nomination of Dr. Calley Means for surgeon general was withdrawn..

Linda

Personally, I don’t think President Trump really gets the level of anger in the MAGA community regarding those horrible jabs. And I don’t think he understands just how dangerous they are either. I remember reading during the campaign that he was puzzled as to why people were booing him when he talked about Operation Warp Speed.

TheseTruths

Maybe so. I do think he has learned a few things since then because he has moderated his rhetoric. At least I hope so.

TheseTruths

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Gail Combs

Virologist Linked to Fauci Under FBI Investigation

scott467

Why are these clowns not in some dungeon awaiting trial?

Enough with this nonsense, I’m going to the Authoritah!

More comedy gold from Brave A.I. 😂

Notice how when I ask if it’s against the law to bring Monkeypox into the U.S., it makes it sound like no big deal.

So when I take that initial response and run with it, and make like it’s just fine to bring deadly infectious viruses into America, suddenly Brave A.I. wakes up and goes all “Danger! Danger Will Robinson!” on me 🤣
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(all boldface is Brave’s emphasis, not mine)

Me: Is it against the law to bring Monkeypox into America?

Brave: It is not illegal to “bring Monkeypox” (the virus) into the U.S. in the sense that the virus itself is not a regulated item; however, importing specific animals that can carry the virus is strictly regulated and often prohibited by federal law.

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Me: So if someone smuggled monkeypox into America, there’s no problem with that, no laws are broken, everything’s good?

Brave: Yes, it is absolutely against the law to smuggle the monkeypox virus into the United States, and severe legal consequences apply. 

The idea that “there’s no problem” is completely false. Here’s what the law actually says:

1) It is a Federal Crime to Import Infectious Agents: Under 42 CFR § 71.54, it is illegal to import any “etiological agent” (a disease-causing organism like a virus) into the U.S. without a permit from the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The monkeypox virus is explicitly recognized as such an agent. 

2) Monkeypox is a “Select Agent”: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) classifies the monkeypox virus as a “select agent,” which are biological agents and toxins that pose a severe threat to public health and safety. The importation, transfer, and possession of select agents are subject to strict regulations and permitting. 

3) Severe Penalties: Violating these regulations is a federal offense. Penalties can include:

Heavy fines (up to $100,000 for an individual, $250,000 for an organization).

Imprisonment for up to one year.

Seizure and destruction of the smuggled material. 

In short, smuggling the monkeypox virus is not “everything’s good”—it is a serious criminal act that poses a national security threat and is met with significant legal punishment.
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Gail Combs

December 20, 2024 Funding Bill Includes Cash for a DOZEN Biolabs to ‘Research’/Engineer New Viruses

..This is the kind of research that we now know almost without a shadow of a doubt, as confirmed most recently by the findings of a Congressional inquiry, birthed the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a dingy CCP lab funded by Anthony Fauci’s NIAID, funneled through his close personal friend Peter Daszak’s “nonprofit” EcoHealth Alliance. Likewise, it will almost certainly be the provenance of the next much-promised pandemic, a gift to the incoming Trump administration.

Gail Combs

What is troubling, however, is the fact that Dr. Schwartz was instrumental in enforcing the “mandate” that all United States military personnel be injected with COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines”

Brave AI

 Senate confirmation hearings typically involve testimony under oath, and lying during such testimony constitutes perjury, which can carry criminal penalties including jail time. 

Could this be a trap?? BECAUSE the clot shot was NOT an approved vaccine I heard, (Ivan Raklin & others) that it was ILLEGAL to mandate it.