Dr. Rick Bright, who said he was shoved out of a key coronavirus response job for pushing back on demands that he sign off on a coronavirus treatment the president had advocated, has resigned.
He was transferred to the National Institutes of Health, where he said he's been sidelined. An amended whistleblower complaint said he'd been assigned no meaningful work since Sept. 4th, after completing his prior assignment."He has been idle for weeks," the“Dr.
They also said he'd devised a plan for"a robust national testing infrastructure" which was ignored by leadership"because of political consideration, plain and simple." "After having his work suppressed for political reasons to the detriment of public health and safety, Dr. Bright was sidelined from doing any further work to combat this deadly virus. This was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back," the lawyers said.
After Bright went public with his May complaint, a rep for HHS said he was transferred because his help was needed at NIH.President Donald Trump has received for Covid-19, Regeneron's antibody cocktail. It was the first contract he put in place as BARDA director to respond to the coronavirus.Sarah Fitzpatrick is an investigative producer for NBC News. She previously worked for CBS News and"60 Minutes.
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