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The Trump administration seems to pride itself on shake-ups. Now it appears a shake-up has shook up the shake-up.

The nomination of the initial choice to fill the open surgeon general job in Washington stalled in Congress, thank goodness. Casey Means wouldn’t directly answer U.S. senators when they asked if she’d even encourage mothers to vaccinate their children. A nominee for the surgeon general.

Oy.

The next nominee? Dr. Nicole Saphier. CNN’s coverage put it best:

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When President Donald Trump needed a new pick for surgeon general last May, he turned to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for advice.

“Bobby really thought she was great,” Trump told reporters the day after choosing Casey Means, a close Kennedy ally and outsized voice in the Make America Healthy Again movement. “I don’t know her. I listened to the recommendation of Bobby.”

But nearly a year later, when Means’ candidacy stalled and Trump eventually selected Nicole Saphier to replace her, Kennedy played little role in the conversation.

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There was much rejoicing. At least among those who’d prefer a surgeon general of the United States who knows doctor things.

CNN says Dr. Saphier is a radiologist, and, of course, a Fox News contributor. But–and this is even more good news–she “has no prior substantial relationship with Kennedy and a lengthy history of criticizing him and some of his policies.

“It’s the latest sign that, after a year of letting Kennedy ‘go wild’ on health care, as Trump promised ahead of the election, the president and his top aides are shortening the leash in the run-up to the midterms–and imposing tighter political constraints on the HHS secretary, even at the risk of alienating the legion of followers he brought into the Republican Party.”

Busting up the china is one tactic, and sometimes not a bad one, for a politician. But at some point, We the People want governing from the government. And smart governing, at that.

The nomination of Dr. Saphier comes on the heels of another piece of good news in this area of operations: The Trump administration only a couple of weeks ago nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Schwartz is a former deputy surgeon general and a retired officer in the Coast Guard. She served as the Coast Guard’s chief medical officer for years, and retired as a rear admiral. A quick Internet search shows she has several medical degrees. (“We just need someone who’s not crazy.”–White House official to CNN)

Dr. Schwartz is also an, ahem, “notable departure” from the Make America Healthy Again types. She has a record of leading vaccination programs for the government. Folks on Capitol Hill are happy with her nomination.

Those who are not happy include some influencers in the way-out-there crowd who mostly argue their thoughts on social media and X. You can easily find them if you want to hear those thoughts.

The hope is that those particular influencers are losing influence in the White House. And the last few nominations to oversee health-care outfits for the government show that could be happening. The president, and the nation, would be better served.

When it comes to health care–and the messages about it that the government sends to the public–few things are more important.

Who says we only print bad news?