Gottlieb Joins Maryland Gov. Hogan’s Coronavirus-Response Team

By John Wilkerson / April 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Scott Gottlieb, the president’s outspoken former FDA commissioner, is joining the coronavirus response team of Larry Hogan, the outspoken Republican governor of Maryland, according to Tuesday morning (April 7) tweets from the two. Gottlieb is often referred to as the shadow coronavirus czar. Since before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, he has consistently called for an aggressive response to the virus in television interviews and social media. Gottlieb and former FDA Commissioner and CMS Administrator Mark McClellan are pushing for...


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