Bright on the federal government's coronavirus response: "I believe we could have done better. I believe there are critical steps that we did not take in time ... alarms were not responded to with action."pic.twitter.com/T2KAvClAb1
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(Fox News just aired a lengthy interview with the White House press secretary instead of this testimony)
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@michaelcburgess (R) uses his questioning time to promote hydroxychloroquinepic.twitter.com/CYSJIKwkriShow this thread -
Bright testifies that he thinks we're still as much as 18 months away from a coronavirus vaccinepic.twitter.com/eFsitZApTQ
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BRIGHT on why he was removed from his govt post: "[My] removal process was initiated b/c of a pushback that I gave when they asked me to put in place and expanded access protocol that would make chloroquine more freely available to Americans that were not under the supervision."pic.twitter.com/15Ko6F6Utd
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BRIGHT: The American health care system is being taxed to the limit. Our economy is spiraling downward and our population is being paralyzed by fear, stemming from a lack of a coordinated response and a dearth of accurate, clear information about the path forward."pic.twitter.com/rXKFLiKnm2
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Republicans keep using their questioning time to defend Trump by promoting hydroxychloroquine. It's beyond parody.pic.twitter.com/tQulEleIkL
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BRIGHT on his effort to sound an alarm about PPE shortages: "I pushed those forward to our leadership ... I pushed those warnings to our strategic national stockpile teams ... in each of those, I was met with indifference ... a number of excuses, but never any action."pic.twitter.com/Pd4HW76t4g
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@RepLarryBucshon tries to blame Obama for mask shortages, overlooking that Trump was president for three years before coronavirus arrived in the USpic.twitter.com/0MvBBPmXjIShow this thread -
"We're in deep shit" -- Bright talks about a moment from this winter when he realized the US government was unprepared for the coronaviruspic.twitter.com/gT5hCPXmZ6
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Markwayne Mullin (
@RepMullin) grills Bright about the important issues -- his hypertension and whether he's health enough to work. He seems to get lost in his own web of conspiracy theories and ends his questioning period with some stammering.pic.twitter.com/eiJPIbKPTTShow this thread -
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BRIGHT: "Americans need to be told the truth & I believe the best scientific guidance & advice was not being conveyed to the public...we did not forewarn people. We did not train people, we did not educate them on social distancing & wearing a mask as we should have in Jan & Feb"pic.twitter.com/raXUtVDBRv
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Ousted whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright warns Congress that because of dysfunctional federal government coronavirus response, the US is heading toward its “darkest winter in modern history”https://www.vox.com/2020/5/14/21258727/rick-bright-whistleblower-darkest-winter-modern-history …
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