Posted on 12/13/2021 7:54:51 AM PST by lightman
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that the Pa. Department of Health’s acting secretary is leaving the administration.
Keara Klinepeter, executive deputy secretary with the department, will step into the acting health secretary role when Alison Beam resigns at the end of the year.
The announcement of Beam’s departure comes days after the state Supreme Court struck down the school mask mandate she issued in August.
“I am proud to have worked with Acting Secretary Beam over the past several years, and the commonwealth has been fortunate to have had the benefit of her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic – especially as the Department of Health oversaw a massive vaccine roll-out over the course of the past year,” Wolf said in a news release.
“Thank you, Acting Secretary Beam, for stepping up to serve the commonwealth during a difficult time. We will miss your leadership, your determination and your dedication to building healthier communities for all Pennsylvanians.”
Beam stepped into the role vacated by Dr. Rachel Levine nearly a year ago when Levine was tapped by the Biden administration to be the federal assistant health secretary.
At the time, Beam was hoped to provide a ‘fresh perspective’ on the COVID-19 pandemic. She was Wolf’s deputy chief of staff prior to stepping into the acting role.
“Serving as acting secretary during such a critical time in public health has been the most humbling honor of my career,” Beam said in the same news release that announced her resignation.
MUCH better looking than her predecessor.
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Did I miss something? Did Mr. Piggie go away?
“Genuine OEM parts.” Are we sure? New dating game requires certified DNA report. :-}
The Acting Health Secretary’s purely theatrical school mask mandate was struck down by the SCOPA on Friday.
Interesting timing.
Never mind. Lost in time here.
PA needs to find someone with the balls to do this job right.
That’s DOCTOR Piggie to you, Sir.
We basically need to eliminate the DOH. Things that some of us expect, like restaurant inspections, are actually performed by counties health dept, not DOH. There are still some state run hospitals, veterans homes and the like that could be put into a downsized DOH, which is called something completely different ... Dept. of State Health Facilities. The rest of the crap that comes from DOH is not needed. My health is between me and my doctors. The state can go to hell.
As a PA resident, I can happily say we uploaded Dr. Piggy to the Federal level. He’s out of our state.
How can tgey move forward without investigating Nov 3?
What are they? Stupid?
I can only imagine what Admiral Doctor Piggie’s crew might look like. Lolol
Are we getting another fat tranny leftist skank?
Ms Piggy is a “General” Now!
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