White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas, pictured in September, made numerous political blunders during his brief tenure, including a lengthy interview with Russian state media that ran just days before the U. S. presidential election. Evan Vucci/APhide captiontoggle captionEvan Vucci/APWhite House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas, pictured in September, made numerous political blunders during his brief tenure, including a lengthy interview with Russian state media that ran just days before the U. S. presidential election. Evan Vucci/APA controversial coronavirus adviser to the president, Dr. Scott Atlas, resigned Monday, a White House official told NPR. Atlas, who is not an infectious disease expert and whose brief stint was marred by blunders and controversy, was tapped by the Trump administration to serve as special adviser to the president of the United States, in August. Since then, “the MRI guy” has repeatedly been at odds with the nation’s leading health officials regarding his views on how to combat the spread of the virus, including members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. But throughout his tenure, he has insisted all of the guidance he’s offered was based on scientific research.”I worked hard with a singular focus—to save lives and help Americans through this pandemic,” Atlas wrote in a resignation letter posted to Twitter. He added that he “always relied on the latest science and evidence, without any political consideration or influence.””As time went on, like all scientists and health policy scholars, I learned new information and synthesized the latest data from around the world, all in an effort to provide you with the best information to serve the greater public good,” Atlas wrote. Fox News reported that Atlas’ role was set to expire at the end of the week. Trump was attracted to Atlas’ views, which put the economy first, but public health experts were appalled by his lack of scientific rigor. Among the theories that most worried experts is Atlas’ belief that allowing the coronavirus to spread would eventually result in “herd immunity,” describing it as a “basic principle” of biology and immunology. As NPR reported:”In April on the conservative Steve Deace Show, Atlas spoke in favor of allowing the virus to pass through the younger segments of the population, while trying to protect older Americans.” ‘We can allow a lot of people to get infected,’ he said. ‘Those who are not at risk to die or have a serious hospital-requiring illness, we should be fine with letting them get infected, generating immunity on their own, and the more immunity in the community, the better we can eradicate the threat of the virus.’ “Atlas’ field of expertise is in magnetic resonance imaging. He wrote a book on the subject and co-authored numerous scientific studies on the economics of medical imaging technology.
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