The “shadow task force,” Levy notes, has been “convened by Jared Kushner to help run the Trump Administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.” And being an expert on public health is not a requirement.
“When Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, assembled the group, he did not turn to experts in crisis management or public health,” Levy explains. “Instead, he enlisted people with experience in the business of health care — not necessarily medical experts, but particularly, those who worked on (the) finance side and were adept at making money off the health care industry.” Continue reading.