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April 23, 2026

Trump Appoints "Queen of Vaccine" to Head CDC

Timothy Birdnow

President Trump's nominee to head the CDC is known as the Queen of Vaccines and is infamous for mandating an endless string of mandatory vaccinations.

I don't know what's wrong with President Trump sometimes. He just sucks at personnel.

The nominee Erica Schwartz (you give 'em the schwartz!) was the person responsible for the bad policies during Trump's first term, the policies that lost him the election. And he's recycling her now.

The only thing I can think of is that Trump plans on pretty much cutting the CDC to nothing and figures he'd put her there to preside over a toothless agency. But that is a big risk; he can't just close the CDC.

Vaccine injury lawyer Aaron Siri said (in a freaky computer voice?):

"Her prior promotion, let alone mandates, of nearly a dozen different vaccines leave little hope she will objectively oversee CDC’s vaccine program," which ballooned from three to 29 jabs, "including in utero, by an infant’s first birthday"

"This agency does not need another cheerleader for industry; it needs a regulator over industry."

This former Navy doc also worked for United Healthcare and made millions in that position.

Apparently Trump is burning his bridges with MAHA, something he can ill-afford to do as he needs all the friends he can get. He has now alienated the isolationist wing of the Republican Party and MAHA. He needs to remember who his friends are.

I think he's doing this sort of thing now because he's looking at his legacy and wants some good press, at least in the history books. But he will never get it and he should know better.

This is how you get impeached successfully. The Democrat strategy is the same as it was with Nixon; isolate the President and when his friends are all gone take him out. Mr. Trump seems to be doing this all by himself. Foolish.

I'm not a MAHA man so much but I do think the CDC shouldn't be able to push all these vaccines on Americans. Medical doctors get paid for their patients getting these, and patients who refuse often lose their physicians or worse. And some vaccinations - like Covid - do more harm than good.

Frankly, I never get the flu shot; I get the flu every time I get the vaccination.

I'm also not an isolationist and I think Trump has handled foreign affairs properly, but a lot of Republicans are mad about Iran and it's a dangerous place to be. Trump needs all the support he can get.

So why he made this foolish appointment is beyond me. I hope he knows what he is doing.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 01:07 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 It certainly looks like a bad choice, but there may be things behind the scene that we aren't aware of. Trump has a very good track record, after all.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (5FaDg)

2 He has a good track record on a lot of things Dana but he's always seemed to be pretty bad when it comes to hiring. Some of his picks are great but others? Jeff Sessions. Christopher Wray, Anthony Scaramucci, etc.
I think Trump forgets he's hiring these people for fairly long term and not just one project.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (oflqW)

3 I certainly can't argue about Sessions and "Fay" Wray...

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 24, 2026 08:07 PM (8kMOw)

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