
Rep. Murphy asks NIH to examine impact of COVID-19 lockdowns, closures on Americans' health
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Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C, on Tuesday led 16 other Republicans in sending a letter to National Institutes of Health Acting Director Lawrence Tabak, asking him to examine the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and closures on Americans' health.
"I want to help restore faith in medicine to the American public," Murphy told Fox News Digital of his letter. "I also want real answers. … Did we go overboard because we kept only focusing on one thing during this entire time period? In my opinion, I think we should have had a much more selective approach of helping those who are at high risk rather than just a shotgun approach to everybody."
The congressman added that he is asking the NIH for data on the adverse reactions of COVID-19 lockdowns because he believes the "shotgun approach" to mitigating COVID-19 may have done "more harm than good."