Dr. Rick Bright says that the reason U.S. is having trouble with simple things like manufacturing swabs is because there is no comprehensive national plan to source these strategic items, and still isn't.
Dr. Rick Bright says that many 'N95' masks being used in US health care system right now are not manufactured in America and do not meet American standards, provide substantially less protection.
Bright says nurses are using them thinking they're protected, but they're not
Bright says nurses are using them thinking they're protected, but they're not
This hearing has been a journey through many elements of the failure in federal government response
Dr. Bright is being questioned by a Republican member on his personal hypertension, and why he has taken sick leave.
Bottom line message from Dr. Bright:
"We don’t have a single point of leadership right now for this response and we don’t have a master plan for this response.”
"We don’t have a single point of leadership right now for this response and we don’t have a master plan for this response.”
Worst news all day via Dr. Rick Bright on a COVID-19 vaccine:
"A lot of optimism is swirling around a 12-18 month timeframe, if everything goes perfectly. We’ve never seen everything go perfectly... I think it’s going to take longer than that."
"A lot of optimism is swirling around a 12-18 month timeframe, if everything goes perfectly. We’ve never seen everything go perfectly... I think it’s going to take longer than that."
Not exactly the news you want to hear from Dr. Rick Bright who is...
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...one of the nation's top immunologists and the head, for years, of the nation's agency charged with infectious disease countermeasures
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...one of the nation's top immunologists and the head, for years, of the nation's agency charged with infectious disease countermeasures
