Former FDA Chief Says Social Distancing Mandate ‘Wasn’t Based on Clear Science’

Former FDA Chief Says Social Distancing Mandate ‘Wasn’t Based on Clear Science’
Scott Gottlieb testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 5, 2017. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
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Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the six-foot social distancing mandate that was employed across much of the United States and the world to deal with the CCP virus pandemic “wasn’t based on clear science.”

“This six-foot distancing requirement has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic that we’ve employed in response to COVID ... and it really wasn’t based on clear science. ... We should have re-adjudicated this much earlier,” he said in an interview with CNBC.
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