Talk:Alex Azar

message: I can't find any evidence that he was or is on the Board of HMS Holdings, on their website, articles, or in his LinkedIn profile. Seems relevant given his new role as HHS Secretary, but I don't want to remove this. Would appreciate someone more experienced taking a look.
:This Associated Press article says he served for two years on the board of HMS Holdings. Here's an HMS press release announcing that he joined the board. Marquardtika (talk) 21:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Without realizing that you had suggested deleting the "notable speaker" I went ahead and deleted after searching the first 60 browser hits with his name, "speaker," and "pandemic influenza." Only two hits seemed to support that characterization, but it turned out both were repeats of his Wikipedia article. The only hits I got that show him speaking generally were one from 2006, when he was Assistant Secretary, and a few more as Secretary. They were all parts of his government jobs, rather than him being recruited to give talks. I also deleted the speakers' bureau material which is a primary and promotional source. I read his letter which was published in the Covey book on pp. XXV and XXVI, but it's nothing more than an endorsement of the Covey training program published in the program's own book. It doesn't remotely clear a notability bar. Activist (talk) 12:20, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

text: Non-NPOV edit warrior  removed citations regarding Azar's latest H&HS nomination and confirmation from lede, complaining about their location. However, as a consequence the text was no longer present and/or supported anywhere in the article and I addressed his complaints in a manner in which I hoped he might find satisfactory. He also changed the descriptors in the lede to fluff the subject's credentials and obscure his long-time, prominent roles in, and allegiance to, the pharmaceutical industry. I wouldn't have been surprised if Azar was described as a "patriot," "handsome fella," one "who loves puppies." This sort of editing, with deceptive edit titles, is unfortunately typical for this editor. My efforts to respond to his complaints and to restore context and sources caused him to describe me as "hissy." He also simultaneously took the opportunity to make changes to the Susan Wagle article where he has engaged in similar warring in the past, which article he had previously scrambled and larded with bare urls while erasing critical, notable content. Wikipedia does not censor content for political reasons. This behavior should not be tolerated. Activist (talk) 20:02, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Bologna. SunCrow (talk) 21:08, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Point of correction: Activist, I did not describe you as "hissy". I used that word to refer to one of your talk page outbursts. Hissy is a noun, not an adjective. Per Merriam-Webster, it means "tantrum". Synonyms include "blowup, explosion, fireworks, fit, hissy fit, huff, [and] scene". See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hissy for more information. SunCrow (talk) 21:09, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

text: SunCrow. Bologna is a city in Italy. Baloney is the process of misrepresenting edits in subject lines and replacing notable issues and citations in articles about those whose reputations a handful of editors spend so much time defending, them replacing notable content with filler, fluff and pap. Bologna, on the other hand, is a major Italian city which had zero cases of local coronavirus as of 12 days ago, took extreme measures to avoid operating venues of likely transmission, and provided free testing for any citizen who wished it. You've often been unable to distinguish between the two in the past. Perhaps if you tied a string around your finger to remind you of the difference? If there's anything else I can do to assist you in the process, please don't hesitate to ask. "Hissy." Activist (talk) 22:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: And a "hissy" is what happens on this talk page and others when someone attempts to make a Wikipedia article neutral and encyclopedic, thus frustrating the efforts of those who wish to load up articles with not-so-thinly veiled attacks on persons or groups who disagree with their politics. SunCrow (talk) 21:09, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  HMS Holdings? 

message: I just worked on the material on the coronavirus outbreak. It strikes me as a bit scattered and haphazard. It could use some work by someone who knows the topic. SunCrow (talk) 07:24, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll give it a shot. I'm thoroughly familiar with it, but have time constraints. Activist (talk) 21:02, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Coronavirus

message: Should the first line of the article note Azar is a "former pharmaceutical lobbyist" instead of a "former lobbyist"? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 15:00, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC: Pharma lobbyist 

message: * Yes. The fact that the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is a former pharmaceutical industry lobbyist is pertinent information. It's far more descriptive than simply saying he was a lobbyist (without clarifying that it was for pharma companies). Snooganssnoogans (talk) 15:02, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: In my Dutch newspaper, there's an article on how he promised to release federal reserve vaccines, but it turns out there was no federal reserve and now states are angry. I'm reluctant to add it based on a Dutch newspaper (reputable though it may be) and don't have time to dig through other sources. Could someone pick this up? FWIW the link where i read it. PizzaMan ♨♨♨ 08:04, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  False promises on vaccines