Top US immunologist quits health role over Trump Covid response
by Peter Beaumont from Science | The Guardian on (#58W53)
Dr Rick Bright says administration ignores scientific expertise and overrules public health guidance'
The ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine has quit his post at the National Institutes of Health, charging that the Trump administration ignores scientific expertise, overrules public health guidance and disrespects career scientists".
Dr Rick Bright, a whistleblower who crossed swords with the Trump administration over claims his warnings over both coronavirus and the utility of hydroxychloroquine were ignored, left his role complaining that his plan to develop a national testing infrastructure had also been sidelined.
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