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Dobie

JohnInCarolina said:

"Yesterday, I was removed from my positions as the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response by the Administration and involuntarily transferred to a more limited and less impactful position 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. I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science -- not politics or cronyism -- has to lead the way.

"I have spent my entire career in vaccine development, in the government with CDC and BARDA and also in the biotechnology industry. 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 HHS political leadership, including criticism for my proactive efforts to invest early in vaccines and supplies critical to saving American lives. I also resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections.

"Specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the Administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit. While I am prepared to look at all options and to think "outside the box" for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public. I insisted that these drugs be provided only to hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 while under the supervision of a physician. These drugs have potentially serious risks associated with them, including increased mortality observed in some recent studies in patients with COVID-19.

"Sidelining me in the middle of this pandemic and placing politics and cronyism ahead of science puts lives at risk and stunts national efforts to safely and effectively address this urgent public health crisis.

"I will request that the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services investigate the manner in which this Administration has politicized the work of BARDA and has pressured me and other conscientious scientists to fund companies with political connections as well as efforts that lack scientific merit. Rushing blindly towards unproven drugs can be disastrous and result in countless more deaths. Science, in service to the health and safety of the American people, must always trump politics.

"I am very grateful for the bipartisan support from Congress and their confidence in my leadership of BARDA as reflected in the generous appropriation to BARDA in the CARES 3 Act. It is my sincere hope that the dedicated professionals at BARDA and throughout HHS will be allowed to use the best scientific acumen and integrity to continue their efforts to stop the pandemic without political pressure or distractions. Americans deserve no less."

-Dr Rick Bright, the director of the agency responsible for leading the charge on the production and purchase of vaccines in the Trump administration.

Some more info. What’s your take on this?

johnnyp

WeberWho said:

I don't know. Faygo and meth sounds like a pretty fun time! Whoop Whoop. 

I'm so glad somebody else knows what a sheet show this group of people are.  

YukonRon

@Dobie

3rd paragraph.

"Specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the Administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit. While I am prepared to look at all options and to think "outside the box" for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public. I insisted that these drugs be provided only to hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 while under the supervision of a physician. These drugs have potentially serious risks associated with them, including increased mortality observed in some recent studies in patients with COVID-19.

JohnInCarolina

Dobie said:

JohnInCarolina said:

"Yesterday, I was removed from my positions as the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response by the Administration and involuntarily transferred to a more limited and less impactful position 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. I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science -- not politics or cronyism -- has to lead the way.

"I have spent my entire career in vaccine development, in the government with CDC and BARDA and also in the biotechnology industry. 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 HHS political leadership, including criticism for my proactive efforts to invest early in vaccines and supplies critical to saving American lives. I also resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections.

"Specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the Administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit. While I am prepared to look at all options and to think "outside the box" for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public. I insisted that these drugs be provided only to hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 while under the supervision of a physician. These drugs have potentially serious risks associated with them, including increased mortality observed in some recent studies in patients with COVID-19.

"Sidelining me in the middle of this pandemic and placing politics and cronyism ahead of science puts lives at risk and stunts national efforts to safely and effectively address this urgent public health crisis.

"I will request that the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services investigate the manner in which this Administration has politicized the work of BARDA and has pressured me and other conscientious scientists to fund companies with political connections as well as efforts that lack scientific merit. Rushing blindly towards unproven drugs can be disastrous and result in countless more deaths. Science, in service to the health and safety of the American people, must always trump politics.

"I am very grateful for the bipartisan support from Congress and their confidence in my leadership of BARDA as reflected in the generous appropriation to BARDA in the CARES 3 Act. It is my sincere hope that the dedicated professionals at BARDA and throughout HHS will be allowed to use the best scientific acumen and integrity to continue their efforts to stop the pandemic without political pressure or distractions. Americans deserve no less."

-Dr Rick Bright, the director of the agency responsible for leading the charge on the production and purchase of vaccines in the Trump administration.

Some more info. What’s your take on this?

My take is that it's a bunch of smoke being tossed about by internet commandos I've never heard of.  

saluki2007

The hospital my wife works for has been using the Mayo Clinic's guidelines for treating Covid patients.  

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/convalescent-plasma-a-therapy-for-covid-19/

They just discharged the first patient they used these guidelines on and are seeing positive results with the other patients as well. 

GATraveller

saluki2007 said:

The hospital my wife works for has been using the Mayo Clinic's guidelines for treating Covid patients.  

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/convalescent-plasma-a-therapy-for-covid-19/

They just discharged the first patient they used these guidelines on and are seeing positive results with the other patients as well. 

That's a bit of good news for sure. 

JohnInCarolina

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Pandemic-Innovation?WT.mc_id=20200423060000_Pandemic-Innovation_BG-EM_&WT.tsrc=BGEM

Gates Notes from today.  Worth your time.

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG

About to mainline some Clorox cuz I hear it's a Covid19 cure.

nolaegghead

Cure?  Easy.  Shoot up some spray-on tan.

waegger

Be careful   someone will try this.

Spaightlabs

JohnInCarolina said:

Very presidential sounding.

1voyager

nolaegghead said:

Cure?  Easy.  Shoot up some spray-on tan.

Eat expensive ice cream and sniff a woman's hair.

nolaegghead

1voyager said:

nolaegghead said:

Cure?  Easy.  Shoot up some spray-on tan.

Eat expensive ice cream and sniff a woman's hair.

Omfg!  

JohnInCarolina

I thought Biden was supposed to be the one whose brain is rotting, no?

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead

SwMBO friend

nolaegghead

Nothing but the best people.  Drain the swamp and lock her up!

nolaegghead

dmchicago

nolaegghead

HeavyG

https://twitter.com/hilaryluros/status/1253513205407596545

caliking

nolaegghead said:

SwMBO friend

How do masks expire?

Edit: nevermind. Was just reminded that some mask designs include elastic loops and other components that can degrade. I was thinking of the regular masks with the ties. 

HeavyG

https://twitter.com/dpakman/status/1253520791678976000

HeavyG

Another knucklehead that doesn't understand "contagious".

https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1253550026887962624

Acn

HeavyG said:

Another knucklehead that doesn't understand "contagious".

https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1253550026887962624

There was somebody on here earlier who thought heart disease was communicable.  Maybe Rudy has eggs?

GrateEggspectations

Maybe all those “Tide Pod Challenge” kids were on to something. 

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1253474890440757250?s=20

GATraveller

Acn

HeavyG said:

https://twitter.com/hilaryluros/status/1253513205407596545

I did see that people noted that drinking a bottle of bleach will guarantee that you won't die of COVID-19.