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Federal Biomedical Whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright Testifies Before U.S. House Subcommittee on Health

KPFA brings you a broadcast of the testimony of Dr. Richard Bright to the U.S. House Health Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee. Bright testified that the Trump administration slowed acquisition of samples of the virus and hampered scientific study, and that he was removed from his position leading the development of a coronavirus vaccine because of his insistence that the government was investing time into technologies that lacked scientific merit. Coverage hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Mitch Jeserich and Cat Brooks.