Rick Bright: “We need to unleash the voices of the scientists”

Ousted vaccine director Rick Bright urged House members to make sure science — not politics — takes precedence in the US coronavirus response.

“We need to unleash the voices of the scientists in our public health system in the United States so they can be heard and their guidances need to be listened to,” Bright said.

Bright also noted that the information of scientists must be conveyed to the American public so “they have the truth about the real risk and dire consequences of this virus.”

Bright, now a senior advisor with the National Institutes of Health said he was forced out of his Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority job last month for political reasons.