Health Secretary: Science and Data ‘Do Not Support’ Lockdown

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar at the CPAC convention in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 28, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Data on COVID-19 does not support another lockdown, Health Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday.

Azar was asked to respond to a recommendation by Dr. Michael Osterholm, who serves as an adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, to lockdown the United States for four to six weeks.