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riversedge

(69,708 posts)
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 05:17 PM Apr 2020

A doctor says he was removed from his federal post after pressing for rigorous vetting of treatments

Source: msn.com




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The doctor who led the federal agency involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that he was removed from his post after he pressed for a rigorous vetting of a coronavirus treatment embraced by President Trump. The doctor said that science, not “politics and cronyism” must lead the way.

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Instead, he was given a narrower job at the National Institutes of Health. “I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the Covid-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit,” he said in a statement to The Times’s Maggie Haberman.

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“I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science — not politics or cronyism — has to lead the way,” he said.

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In the statement, he said: “My professional background has prepared me for a moment like this — to confront and defeat a deadly virus that threatens Americans and people around the globe. To this point, I have led the government’s efforts to invest in the best science available to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Unfortunately, this resulted in clashes with H.H.S. political leadership, including criticism for my proactive efforts to invest early into vaccines and supplies critical to saving American lives. I also resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections,” he said.................................

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/live-coronavirus-updates/ar-BB133ipI



whow. vindictive Trump will get away with this no doubt. damn
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A doctor says he was removed from his federal post after pressing for rigorous vetting of treatments (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2020 OP
Another whistleblower to trashtweet for the next six months. sop Apr 2020 #1
WOW!!! We have such an incredible asshole as president!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #2
This criminal slime in the White House is trying to make money off this pandemic hadEnuf Apr 2020 #3
Trump Has 'Financial Interest' in Hydroxychloroquine Manufacturer: NYT Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #18
No Trump will not get away with this...This will become a scandal of major proportions. Stuart G Apr 2020 #4
It certainly SHOULD, and we must not enable him to get away with it. elleng Apr 2020 #5
We will see. That was this person's entire job. To tell about drugs that don't work. We will see, Stuart G Apr 2020 #7
I so want to believe you. riversedge Apr 2020 #11
I'm too depressed to comment stillcool Apr 2020 #6
"clashes with H.H.S. political leadership," and "to fund companies with POLITICAL connections" . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #8
About removing the doctor...Trump might get impeached again for this. Stuart G Apr 2020 #9
Dr. Rick Bright's statement................ riversedge Apr 2020 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Apr 2020 #12
That is where he went wrong. warmfeet Apr 2020 #13
K&R! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #14
The lyin' King PirateRo Apr 2020 #15
Do you think Trump will quit hawking the drug? RussBLib Apr 2020 #16
Something, possibly the VA report, has spooked him into near silence about it. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #19
". . . it has helped a lot of people . . ." Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #17

hadEnuf

(2,149 posts)
3. This criminal slime in the White House is trying to make money off this pandemic
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 05:31 PM
Apr 2020

by pushing quack cures for his big pharma buddies.

Trump is running a criminal enterprise out of the Oval Office.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
18. Trump Has 'Financial Interest' in Hydroxychloroquine Manufacturer: NYT
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 05:44 AM
Apr 2020
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reportedly-has-financial-interest-in-hydroxychloroquine-manufacturer

The Times reports the president’s family trusts all have investments in a mutual fund whose largest holding is Sanofi, the manufacturer of Plaquenil, the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine. Associates of the president, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, have also run funds that hold investments in the pharmaceutical firm.




https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-malaria-drug.html

If hydroxychloroquine becomes an accepted treatment, several pharmaceutical companies stand to profit, including shareholders and senior executives with connections to the president. Mr. Trump himself has a small personal financial interest in Sanofi, the French drugmaker that makes Plaquenil, the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
4. No Trump will not get away with this...This will become a scandal of major proportions.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 05:33 PM
Apr 2020

Here is why. Trump constantly knocks the media for this and for that. Here is an individual who checks on the truth concerning viruses. That is his job and that is his career. If this individual sees a so called "medicine" ,vaccine, or product that doesn't work, it is his job to report on it. So Trump fired him for doing his job.
...Today is Wednesday. This will be the weekend news discussion. No Trump will not get away with it, because this doctor was telling the truth, and Trump was pushing a "lie"..
...Of course it looks like he will get away with it, but he won't..Was the doctor telling the truth or telling a lie? Is Trump telling the truth or telling a lie?

....Trump's attack on the media and the press will come to full impact. Will the media want to report on this?.
(all except for Fox news) Yes. This will be very big news. He led the agency that " pressed the rigorous vetting of a coronavirus treatment embraced by President Trump.

...This will take time, but could really cost Trump. Perhaps, or perhaps not. The media, constantly attacked by Donald Trump will not let this go without a fight. That is my opinion..We shall see.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
5. It certainly SHOULD, and we must not enable him to get away with it.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 05:38 PM
Apr 2020

People who suggest/say he will don't help us, but aggravate the problem.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
7. We will see. That was this person's entire job. To tell about drugs that don't work. We will see,
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 05:58 PM
Apr 2020

one thing is for sure, Trump does not control the media. There are many news outlets that will report on this. Almost all, except one: Fox News.

...and a couple of the more honest ones on Fox News might, just might report on this.

riversedge

(69,708 posts)
11. I so want to believe you.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 06:35 PM
Apr 2020





...This will take time, but could really cost Trump. Perhaps, or perhaps not. The media, constantly attacked by Donald Trump will not let this go without a fight. That is my opinion..We shall see.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
9. About removing the doctor...Trump might get impeached again for this.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 06:01 PM
Apr 2020

The doctor was doing his job. Maybe? Probably not.

Response to riversedge (Original post)

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
13. That is where he went wrong.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 07:32 PM
Apr 2020

Politics and cronyism do trump everything, at least in this maladministration.

RussBLib

(8,983 posts)
16. Do you think Trump will quit hawking the drug?
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 09:39 PM
Apr 2020

Hydroxychloroquine? I'll bet he keeps mentioning it.

"Well, you know, it has helped a lot of people, so I don't know".

And so more of his base will take it. And more of his base will die.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
19. Something, possibly the VA report, has spooked him into near silence about it.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 05:52 AM
Apr 2020

There was a graph shown on CNN tonight showing that for the past five weeks, Chump's mention of Hydroxychloroquine was between 10 and 22 times per week...then, suddenly, the VA report came out and it was mentioned only once this week. Same with any others who have spoken about it.

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