Newsweek: Prof. Wilkinson in ‘Republican Group Is Recruiting Pro-Trump Doctors to Make Case for Swift Reopening’

BUSSW clinical associate professor Geoffrey Wilkinson responds to reports that President Trump’s administration handpicked medical professionals to promote a political agenda.

Excerpted from “Republican Group Is Recruiting Pro-Trump Doctors to Make Case for Swift Reopening of Economy” (Newsweek):

Geoffrey Wilkinson, a clinical associate professor at the Boston University School of Social Work and a former senior manager in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, said it was “no surprise” that Republican operatives would seek doctors to work “for the president’s cause.”

“Sacrificing public health for political expediency is entirely consistent with Trump’s self-view as being a wartime president,” Wilkinson told Newsweek.

“He’s apparently willing to accept the collateral damage of even more people dying needlessly in order to resuscitate the economy and his reelection prospects.”

Read the full story here.