“I’ll never forget the emails I received from [a mass medical supplier] saying, ‘We’re in deep shit. The world is. And we need to act.’ That was our last window of opportunity to turn on that…
vaccine in 18 months is unlikely, pointing out it took five years to create an Ebola vaccine. “A lot of optimism is swirling around a 12-to-18-month timeframe if everything goes perfectly. We’ve never seen everything go perfectly,” he said. “I still think 12 to 18 months is an aggressive schedule, and I think it’s going to take longer than that to do so.”
And even if a vaccine were available on that short time line, Bright said it might not be safe. “My concern is if we rush too quickly and consider cutting out critical steps, we may not have a full assessment of the safety of that vaccine, so it’s still going to take some time,” he said.from his position at BARDA after he opposed the president’s endorsement of chloroquine to treat the coronavirus, filed a whistleblower complaint. He is now seeking to be reinstated to his position.
The president tried to get ahead of Bright’s testimony with an early morning tweet labeling him as a “disgruntled employee.”, “I don’t know the so-called Whistleblower Rick Bright, never met him or even heard of him, but to me he is a disgruntled employee, not liked or respected by people I spoke to and who, with his attitude, should no longer be working for our government!”
In his testimony, Bright cautioned that as the pandemic continues to spread, a lack of swift and decisive action by the government will have dire consequences. “Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright said. “Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history.”
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