[Goose]

He's never changed his opinions, despite all evidence to the contrary,

Which may make him very very wrong, but does not make him a "tool".

and that's why he was selected to be part of the task force despite his lack of expertise in either epidemiology or infectious diseases.

He was selected because his opinion matches Trump's, at least for the moment. His expertise is irrelevant to the POTUS, unfortunately. The fact he has some medical background helps Trump's argument (as opposed to him being say a carpet installer), but it doesn't make him qualified. Scott Atlas probably holds the opinions he does irrespective of Trump. He probably can't defend them. Unfortunately, he probably will never have to do so.

[Goose]

He's never changed his opinions, despite all evidence to the contrary,

Which may make him very very wrong, but does not make him a "tool".

and that's why he was selected to be part of the task force despite his lack of expertise in either epidemiology or infectious diseases.

He was selected because his opinion matches Trump's, at least for the moment. His expertise is irrelevant to the POTUS, unfortunately. The fact he has some medical background helps Trump's argument (as opposed to him being say a carpet installer), but it doesn't make him qualified. Scott Atlas probably holds the opinions he does irrespective of Trump. He probably can't defend them. Unfortunately, he probably will never have to do so.