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2020-05-08 Government
Ousted whistleblower: Top US health official downplayed coronavirus threat
[Jpost] The ousted director of a US agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
pandemic filed a whistleblower's complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
's administration of retaliating when he raised concerns.
Rick Bright says in the complaint filed with a government watchdog that he warned about the virus in January and was met with hostility from Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and other high-ranking officials in the agency.

"Dr. Bright acted with urgency to begin to address this pandemic but encountered resistance from HHS leadership, including Secretary Azar, who appeared intent on downplaying this catastrophic threat," reads the complaint, which was filed with the US Office of Special Counsel.

Bright's lawyers argue that his removal as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of HHS, violated a federal law protecting government whistleblowers.

HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said in a statement that Bright was transferred to a job where he was entrusted to spend around $1 billion to develop diagnostic testing.

"We are deeply disappointed that he has not shown up to work on behalf of the American people and lead on this critical endeavor," Oakley said.
He disagreed with one effort, then refused to put his skills to work on what he did agree with? Not many are tasked with spending $1 billion effectively.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 He's another political "whistleblower".
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-05-08 08:51||   2020-05-08 08:51|| Front Page Top

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