WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A whistleblower who states he was gotten rid of from his federal government post for raising issues about coronavirus preparedness informed a congressional hearing on Thursday that the United States might face “the darkest winter season” of current times if it does not enhance its action to the pandemic.
Hours after President Donald Trump railed against him on Twitter, whistleblower Rick Bright affirmed to a U.S. Legislature panel about preparedness for the outbreak.
Bright was removed last month as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research Study and Development Authority, or BARDA, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Person Providers responsible for developing drugs to combat the coronavirus.
” What we do must be done carefully with guidance from the very best clinical minds. Our window of opportunity is closing. If we stop working to enhance our response now, based on science, I fear the pandemic will worsen and be extended,” Bright said throughout his testimony.
The pandemic has actually contaminated nearly 1.4 million people in the United States, gutted the economy and killed more than 82,000
Bright testified to the subcommittee on health that he would “never forget” an e-mail he got in January from a U.S. provider of medical-grade face masks warning of a dire scarcity.
” He stated ‘we remain in deep shit. The world is. We need to act