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| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] hystreria on the Hill: Vaccines
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/hhs-vaccine-expert-to-detail-complaint-in-house-testimony-11589450402?mod=hp_lead_pos6
HHS Vaccine Expert to Detail Complaint in House Testimony
Rick Bright to outline risks of a coronavirus resurgence, warning of the
‘darkest winter in modern history’

Rick Bright is to address the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s
health subcommittee on Thursday.
PHOTO: TOYA SARNO JORDAN/BLOOMBERG NEWS
By James V. Grimaldi
May 14, 2020 6:00 am ET
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A Department of Health and Human Services vaccine specialist is planning
to tell a congressional committee Thursday he was reassigned for
exposing department practices that posed public-health risks, including
raising objections to the promotion of an antimalarial drug by the
president.
In his prepared remarks for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s
health subcommittee, Rick Bright, who has come forward as a
whistleblower, said a lack of preparation by the Trump administration is
causing the U.S. to face “unprecedented illness and fatalities” and a
resurgence of the new coronavirus as early as this fall.
“Without clear planning and implementation of the steps that I and other
experts have outlined, 2020 will be darkest winter in modern history,”
Dr. Bright said in his prepared remarks.
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Dr. Bright also said he resisted the president’s entreaties to make the
drug hydroxychloroquine widely available as a remedy for Covid-19, the
disease caused by the new coronavirus.
“When I resisted efforts to promote and enable broad access to an
unproven drug, chloroquine, to the American people without transparent
information on the potential health risks, I was removed from BARDA,”
said Dr. Bright, who ran the Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority, or Barda.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn, whose employees
worked with Dr. Bright on approving the use of hydroxychloroquine to
treat Covid-19, said in an interview Wednesday that the approval
followed science and peer-reviewed studies to guide the process.
A medical study and two federal agencies have since cast doubt on
hydroxychloroquine’s effectiveness and safety.

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Dr. Bright initially appeared to support the purchase of
hydroxychloroquine. On March 19, Dr. Bright was copied on an email
praising the work of Joe Hamel, a manager of emerging technology, who
had detailed his efforts to get the drug. Dr. Bright replied to all.
“Amazing work and great teamwork!” Dr. Bright said. “Joe = Awesome
Chloroquine King!”
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After Bayer AG announced the donation of millions of chloroquine pills
for the nation’s Strategic National Stockpile, Dr. Bright engaged in a
discussion about who would get credit, with suggestions of the Food and
Drug Administration or assistant secretary for preparedness and response.
Dr. Bright said, “HHS win with various components acknowledged.”

A lawyer for Dr. Bright said Wednesday her client at one time sought the
drug, but only for clinical trials and not for the wide distribution
envisioned by the White House. “He never thought it would be a win to
flood the market,” said the lawyer, Debra Katz. “That was a nightmare to
Rick.”
Last week, the Office of Special Counsel determined there were
“reasonable grounds” to believe the ouster of Dr. Bright was retaliatory
and recommended he remain in his job until an investigation is complete,
his lawyers said. HHS is reviewing the determination.
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