US Should Be ‘Aggressive’ in Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions as Situation Improves: Gottlieb

Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb speaks about teen vaping during a discussion in Washington, on March 6, 2019. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and current Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb said he believes COVID-19 infections are going to continue to drop as spring approaches and that the United States should be “as aggressive” about relaxing restrictions as it was about imposing them.

Gottlieb made the remarks in a Jan. 28 interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, with the segment kicking off with a discussion on the current state of the pandemic in the United States, where data suggests the current Omicron-driven wave is on the wane.