Dr. Rick Bright, former head of the federal agency charged with overseeing the rapid production of a vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus, files whistleblower complaint, alleges coronavirus warnings ignored.
Bright said last month he would be filing a whistleblower complaint “detailing the retaliatory treatment to which he was subjected to by political leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services after raising appropriate science-based concerns about White House pressure on treatment and vaccines related to the COVID-19 pandemic."
Rick Bright, deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response for Health and Human Services , speaks during a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., March 8, 2018.But Bright alleges he had been objecting to what he described as"cronyism" in HHS leadership for years.
Bright alleges he received an “urgent directive” from the HHS General Counsel Bob Charrow that was passed down from the White House “to drop everything and make the chloroquine donated by Bayer widely available to the American public.”
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