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N.I.H. Official Departs After Anonymous Posts Attacking Public Health Leaders

A spokeswoman for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said that Mr. Crews informed the agency on Monday morning of his intention to retire after his online identity came to light. But she declined to say whether any investigation was pending or whether the agency believed that Mr. Crews had violated federal ethics regulations.
Those regulations generally prohibit federal employees from using government property in unofficial capacities or engaging in outside activities while on the job.
It was not immediately clear whether any of the posts and tweets believed to have been written by Mr. Crews were composed during work hours. But many of the posts in question were published midday during the workweek, according the The Daily Beast.
A common theme in the posts is that the leaders of U.S. health agencies deliberately overhyped the dangers of the coronavirus as part of a coordinated effort to damage President Trump politically.
Last week, The New York Times reported that the head of communications at the N.I.H.s parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, also accused federal scientists of using the coronavirus to try to defeat Mr. Trump. That official, Michael R. Caputo, went on medical leave on Wednesday, and his science adviser, Dr. Paul Alexander, left the government.
The Times obtained emails that detailed a monthslong effort by Mr. Caputo and Dr. Alexander to raise doubts about federal science and to bully the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into silence.
But the revelation on Monday that another public affairs officer in the Health and Human Services Department was surreptitiously engaging in similar attacks raised questions about how far the effort to undermine coronavirus science could extend.read more

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