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Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

Hold your horses: Does the Surgeon General actually have any real power? I just remember the guy with the beard and fancy name under Reagan and the idiot black woman Clinton had who talked about masturbation... Beyond that, do these people do anything other than PR stuff???

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Justin's avatar

Well, the Indian fellow seemed to be a mouthpiece that sent recommendations out to state entities for their lockdowns, their mandatory jobs, etc. But they mostly relied on the CDC and FDA for ongoing (and printed) guidelines.

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Reasonable Horses's avatar

True. If that was Trump's appointee, I'll wager he was a deep-state plant. If he was Biden's, he was a potted plant.

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RunningLogic's avatar

C Everett Koop right?

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Cathleen Manny's avatar

Yes. And Jocelyn Elders.

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Reasonable Horses's avatar

Any soft-spoken, warm-hearted, upright human being would work.

I wonder why Trump didn't nominate Ben Carson in 2017. If he's still on his hind legs, he'd be the easiest confirmation ever and the first black, male, authentically intelligent SG in a long time.

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