Posted on 04/22/2020 5:20:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A senior US government doctor who worked on the search for a coronavirus vaccine has claimed he was fired after resisting Donald Trump’s push to use the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Trump stops hyping hydroxychloroquine after study shows no benefit Read more Rick Bright was this week ousted as director of the US health department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or Barda, and as the deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response.
In a stunningly candid statement, Bright highlighted his refusal to embrace hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug relentlessly promoted by the president and Fox News despite a lack of scientific studies.
“Specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit,” Bright said.
“While I am prepared to look at all options and to think ‘outside the box’ for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public.”
Asked about Bright at the White House coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Trump said: “I never heard of him. If a guy says he was pushed out of a job, maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. You’d have to hear the other side. I don’t know who he is.”
Trump repeatedly touted hydroxychloroquine as therapy for coronavirus, pointing to a Democratic state representative in Michigan who claimed it benefited her and frequently asking: “What do you have to lose?”
But on Tuesday an analysis of the drug’s use in US veterans hospitals found no benefit.
Bright added: “I insisted that these drugs be provided only to hospitalised patients with confirmed Covid-19 while under the supervision of a physician.
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Guardian = Amazon Compost with an accent.
Rickie Resistance has hired the same law firm used by Chrisse Blasey-Fraud to go after Kavanaugh.
So write a book, like the other coup liars.
Translation from Media lie-speak:
"The dead guys didn't respond to treatment that was too late."
ping
The head of VA said it was a help if used early. Just another hit piece these dung Beatles never stop.
The truth will be out tomorrow that this guy is a politicized scumbag. Of course when it is revealed only the SCREAMING MSM HEADINE will be remembered. The correction will be none existent.
Fake news. No wonder no one believes the Times.
As “the top vaccine expert” the dumb ass should have stayed in his lane and focused on vaccine development. He obviously wanted to do things OTHER than focus on HIS JOB — vaccine development; I’d have fired his ass also.
Well. Bye.
The end.
Stopped reading right there.
Basically what he’s saying is a drug like hydroxy which is CHEAP cant be used because its cheap and big pharma wants to make BIG BUCKS off of this virus..when a drug like Remdesivir costs 1,000 per pill that would be much better, oh a vaccine which will make billions
Vaccine? He has one?
He was moved to a different position.
And bad teeth
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