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Trump REMOVED MD who wouldn't push test of "POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRUGS" for politics
Someone needs to be digging hard, no stone unturned, all tentacles. Follow the MONEY/INFLUENCE TRAIL/LOBBYISTS to this DRUG! Tough shit if something doesn't work, the QUACK in CHARGE says we will give it to you and you will LIKE IT? Is that the medical model now?
What was it a WHOLE WEEK AGO that Trump STOPPED a reporter in their tracks when he/she DARED TO ASK about his favorite drug of choice? On your mark get set ATTACK! Best I can tell he is an MD and has a PHD.
Doctor Says He Was Removed From Federal Post After Questioning Hydroxychloroquine Treatment
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April 22, 2020, 4:14 p.m. ET
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A doctor says he was removed from his federal post after pressing for rigorous vetting of treatments embraced by President Trump.
At a briefing this month, President Trump stopped a reporter from asking a question about the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.
Credit...Joshua Roberts/Reuters
The doctor who led the federal agency involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that he was removed from his post after he pressed for a rigorous vetting of a coronavirus treatment embraced by President Trump. The doctor said that science, not “politics and cronyism” must lead the way.
Dr. Rick Bright was abruptly dismissed this week as the director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, and as the deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response.
Instead, he was given a narrower job at the National Institutes of Health. “I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the Covid-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit,” he said in a statement to The Times’s Maggie Haberman.
“I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science — not politics or cronyism — has to lead the way,” he said.
The White House declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Alex Azar, the HHS secretary, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The medical publication Stat reported on Tuesday that Dr. Bright had clashed with Bob Kadlec, the assistant health secretary for preparedness and response...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-live-coverage.html
Someone needs to be digging hard, no stone unturned, all tentacles. Follow the MONEY/INFLUENCE TRAIL/LOBBYISTS to this DRUG! Tough shit if something doesn't work, the QUACK in CHARGE says we will give it to you and you will LIKE IT? Is that the medical model now?
What was it a WHOLE WEEK AGO that Trump STOPPED a reporter in their tracks when he/she DARED TO ASK about his favorite drug of choice? On your mark get set ATTACK! Best I can tell he is an MD and has a PHD.
My professional background has prepared me for a moment like this — to confront and defeat a deadly
virus that threatens Americans and people around the globe. To this point, I have led the government’s
efforts to invest in the best science available to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
virus that threatens Americans and people around the globe. To this point, I have led the government’s
efforts to invest in the best science available to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Unfortunately, this resulted in clashes with H.H.S. political leadership, including criticism for my
proactive efforts to invest early into vaccines and supplies critical to
saving American lives. I also resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs
promoted by those with political connections,” he said.
Rick Bright, MD
proactive efforts to invest early into vaccines and supplies critical to
saving American lives. I also resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs
promoted by those with political connections,” he said.
Rick Bright, MD
Doctor Says He Was Removed From Federal Post After Questioning Hydroxychloroquine Treatment
Updated
April 22, 2020, 4:14 p.m. ET
RIGHT NOW
A doctor says he was removed from his federal post after pressing for rigorous vetting of treatments embraced by President Trump.
At a briefing this month, President Trump stopped a reporter from asking a question about the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.
Credit...Joshua Roberts/Reuters
The doctor who led the federal agency involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that he was removed from his post after he pressed for a rigorous vetting of a coronavirus treatment embraced by President Trump. The doctor said that science, not “politics and cronyism” must lead the way.
Dr. Rick Bright was abruptly dismissed this week as the director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, and as the deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response.
Instead, he was given a narrower job at the National Institutes of Health. “I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the Covid-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit,” he said in a statement to The Times’s Maggie Haberman.
“I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science — not politics or cronyism — has to lead the way,” he said.
The White House declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Alex Azar, the HHS secretary, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The medical publication Stat reported on Tuesday that Dr. Bright had clashed with Bob Kadlec, the assistant health secretary for preparedness and response...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-live-coverage.html
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