Friday, August 29, 2025

CDC Chief is PEU TechGod


Jim  O'Neill was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of the Center for Disease Control.  He is the latest private equity underwriter (PEU) to be installed in a key government position. 

O'Neill was under consideration for FDA Chief under Trump I.  He thought drugs did not need to be reviewed for efficacy.

O'Neill's appointment comes as the CDC experienced numerous resignations and the firing of a newly approved Chief for what has been described as toxic work environment.  Oddly, O'Neill sued his former employer for same.


Also odd is RFK Jr.'s assertion that the CDC itself is toxic, while staff are screaming about RFK's aversion to science and even talking about research findings.  Adding someone opposed to assessing drug efficacy like O'Neill is not going to help matters.  The PEU penchant of replacing people with technology, caring zero about employee morale and rewriting government regulations to advantage their peers also forebodes dark days at the CDC. 

O'Neill serves on the board of ADvantage Therapeutics, which uses mRNA.  My guess is Jim wants mRNA research funding but not for you to have an mRNA vaccine.


He co-founded the Thiel Fellowship in honor of Peter Thiel.  Both men are into longevity as "live forever TechGods."  

Vice President J.D. Vance worked alongside O'Neill at Mithril Capital, although worked may be an overstatement..


With O'Neill's appointment the AI sharks should begin circling.  They'd love free access to the CDC's databases.  

Who better to turn medicine into fee generating software than Jim O'Neill?  If drugs don't need efficacy, what passes will this PEU TechGod give to AI?

The days grow darker as politicians Red and Blue surrender to PEU and their TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one (as in the case of Jim O'Neill).