Alex Azar Had Dog Breeder Lead Pandemic Task Force

In late January, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar “tapped a trusted aide with minimal public health experience to lead the agency’s day-to-day response to COVID-19,” Reuters reports.

“The aide, Brian Harrison, had joined the department after running a dog-breeding business for six years. Five sources say some officials in the White House derisively called him ‘the dog breeder.'”