Can the public trust health recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)? Be cautious.
HHS and its associated agencies have an imperfect record when it comes to promoting the health of Americans. For example, HHS' food pyramid recommended substituting carbohydrates for fats, which ultimately contributed to increased rates of obesity. Under President Joe Biden, HHS began to impose price controls on pharmaceuticals, which will harm patients by slowing biomedical innovation. The National Institutes of Health financed viral gain-of-function research in China that may have resulted in unleashing the COVID-19 pandemic. HHS' six-foot social distancing rule during the pandemic was not underpinned by any research.
