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'''Paul Elias Alexander''' is a Canadian health researcher and a former [[:Category:White House (Trump)|Trump administration]] official at the [[:Category:US Department of Health and Human Services|U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]. He attracted attention in 2020 when, as an aide to HHS assistant secretary for public affairs [[:Category:Michael Caputo|Michael Caputo]], he pressured federal scientists and public health agencies to suppress and edit their [[:Category:Coronavirus|COVID-19]] reports to make them consistent with President Trump's rhetoric on COVID-19.<ref name=Blackwell>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Blackwell|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-professor-at-heart-of-controversy-over-white-house-push-to-control-covid-19-messaging|title=Canadian professor at heart of controversy over White House push to control COVID-19 messaging|website=[[National Post]]|date=September 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name=DiamondApr2021>{{Cite news|last=Diamond|first=Dan|title=Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, emails show|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/09/cdc-covid-political-interference/|date=April 9, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Within the administration, Alexander advocated for a strategy of mass infection of the public with COVID-19 to build [[:Category:Herd immunity|herd immunity]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=Dan|last=Diamond|title=‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/16/trump-appointee-demanded-herd-immunity-strategy-446408|date=December 16, 2020|accessdate=December 16, 2020|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref> He sought to muzzle federal scientists and public health agencies to prevent them from contradicting the rhetoric coming from the Trump administration.<ref name=fauci>{{Cite news| last = Owermohle| first = Sarah| title = Emails show HHS official trying to muzzle Fauci| work = [[Politico]]| date = September 9, 2020| url = https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/emails-show-hhs-muzzle-fauci-410861}}</ref>
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Paul Alexander

Paul Elias Alexander is a Canadian health researcher and a former Trump administration official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He attracted attention in 2020 when, as an aide to HHS assistant secretary for public affairs Michael Caputo, he pressured federal scientists and public health agencies to suppress and edit their COVID-19 reports to make them consistent with President Trump's rhetoric on COVID-19.[1][2]

Within the administration, Alexander advocated for a strategy of mass infection of the public with COVID-19 to build herd immunity.[3] He sought to muzzle federal scientists and public health agencies to prevent them from contradicting the rhetoric coming from the Trump administration.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Blackwell, Tom (September 16, 2020). "Canadian professor at heart of controversy over White House push to control COVID-19 messaging". https://nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-professor-at-heart-of-controversy-over-white-house-push-to-control-covid-19-messaging.
  2. ↑ Diamond, Dan (April 9, 2021). "Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, emails show" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/09/cdc-covid-political-interference/.
  3. ↑ Diamond, Dan (December 16, 2020). "‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal" (in en). https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/16/trump-appointee-demanded-herd-immunity-strategy-446408. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Owermohle, Sarah (September 9, 2020). "Emails show HHS official trying to muzzle Fauci". Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/emails-show-hhs-muzzle-fauci-410861.

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