Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted vaccine chief, plans to warn in a U.S. House hearing that the coronavirus could eclipse the 1918 Spanish flu by AndrewSolender
that his ouster was an attempt by Trump administration officials to suppress his criticism of the president’s frequent promotions of untested coronavirus treatments.
Bright will also warn that the coronavirus pandemic, if not properly mitigated, “has the potential to eclipse the devastation wrought by the 1918 influenza, which globally claimed over 50 million lives.” “Our window of opportunity is closing. If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities,” the testimony reads.
Bright will advocate for several measures to mitigate the virus, including increased public education about healthy behaviors, ramping up production of essential equipment, distributing equipment equitably and instituting a national testing strategy. Bright will also strongly advocate for greater truth and transparency from the government, and adherence to science and the advice of experts over “politics or cronyism.”
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