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Balrog0 01/31/18 9:55:01 AM #1: |
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/30/cdc-director-tobacco-stocks-after-appointment-316245
The Trump administrations top public health official bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her leadership of the agency charged with reducing tobacco use the leading cause of preventable disease and death and an issue she had long championed. The stock was one of about a dozen new investments that Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made after she took over the agencys top job, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. Fitzgerald has since come under congressional scrutiny for slow walking divestment from older holdings that government officials said posed potential conflicts of interest. Buying shares of tobacco companies raises even more flags than Fitzgeralds trading in drug and food companies because it stands in such stark contrast to the CDCs mission to persuade smokers to quit and keep children from becoming addicted. Critics say her trading behavior broke with ethical norms for public health officials and was, at best, sloppy. At worst, they say, it was legally problematic if she didn't recuse herself from government activities that could have affected her investments. tl;dr Fitzgerald owned stock in five tobacco companies before becoming CDC director, despite a public platform that emphasized smoking cessation. After taking over at the CDC in July, she bought a lot of new stocks, including a stake in Japan Tobacco, one of the worlds biggest tobacco companies. Fitzgerald toured the CDCs tobacco lab the day after making that purchase. In the same time period, she took on additional conflicts of interest, buying stock in a range of health care companies including Merck and Bayer. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 01/31/18 9:56:43 AM #2: |
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Were_Wyrm 01/31/18 9:56:58 AM #3: |
Medicinal weed here we come!
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emblem boy 01/31/18 9:57:18 AM #4: |
Does she trade in stocks herself, or pay someone else to do it?
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Balrog0 01/31/18 9:58:08 AM #5: |
Antifar posted...
She has resigned lmao I made this topic like right after this was announced apparently --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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prince_leo 01/31/18 9:58:08 AM #6: |
wasn't she also the one who tried to sell anti-aging drugs to her patients that were full of bs?
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YOUHAVENOHOPE 01/31/18 9:58:36 AM #8: |
M_Live posted...
Antifar posted...She has resigned life comes at you fast --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Pogo_Marimo 01/31/18 10:05:59 AM #9: |
How is that not a criminal offence?
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chill02 01/31/18 10:08:15 AM #10: |
M_Live posted...
Antifar posted...She has resigned --- Ave, true to Caesar. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CableZL 01/31/18 10:12:37 AM #11: |
Another one bites the dust
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treewojima 01/31/18 10:12:54 AM #12: |
Lmao, what a shitshow
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Antifar 01/31/18 10:13:51 AM #13: |
Balrog0 posted...
Antifar posted...She has resigned I was literally coming to CE to post that she had resigned, lol --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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