(Original title: "Whistleblower official" expressed how worried about the epidemic in the United States in one sentence: We're in deep sh*t)
When talking about how worried about the new crown epidemic in the United States, on the 14th local time, it was called A senior health official who served as a "whistleblower" in the United States said this when testifying before Congress: We're in deep sh*t.
Bright testified before Congress.
This senior official is Rick Bright, the former director of the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, who was ousted because he opposed Trump recommended anti-epidemic miracle drugs. Regarding Bright's performance at the hearing that day, Rep. George Butterfield from North Carolina called him "an American hero."
We're in deep sh*t. The literal meaning can be understood as: we are in a pile of shit. It is usually used to describe: encountering big trouble or causing big trouble. The latest data from
html on the 15th is that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States has exceeded 1.4 million, and the death toll has reached 85,066.The most important thing is: What caused such a big tragedy to happen in the United States? Who is responsible?
Bright testified before Congress about this.
According to CNN, Bright testified before the Health Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee that day, criticizing the Trump administration for not being prepared to deal with the new coronavirus pandemic. "I will never forget the email I received from Mike Bowen, which said...our supply of masks, our supply of N95 masks, has been completely destroyed," Bright said that day.
The Washington Post wrote in a previous report that Mike Bowen is the vice president of Prestige Ameritech, a large U.S. medical supplies supplier, who made recommendations to the U.S. government shortly after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was discovered in the United States. ——Produced more N95 masks, but was rejected by the latter.
"He said, We're in deep sh*t. So is the world. We need to take action," Bright continued to recall in Congress. "I did everything I could at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to push this issue to the highest level possible, but got no response."
"From that moment on, I knew our health care workers would We're facing a crisis because we didn't take action. That was our last chance to use the production (of masks) to save the lives of those health care workers, and we didn't take action," Bright said.
RT reported that regarding Bright’s performance at the hearing that day, Representative George Butterfield from North Carolina called him “an American hero.” Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey compared the fired expert to a character in former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's book "Profiles in Courage." According to public information, this book tells the life stories of eight U.S. senators at different times, telling their stories of bravely adhering to principles and adhering to the right direction despite pressure from their own parties, colleagues and voters.
Previously, after the news that Bright would testify before Congress about the US government’s ineffectiveness in fighting the epidemic was reported by the US media, earlier on the 14th, Trump, who had said that he “didn’t know Bright”, posted about this on Twitter , talking about the "whistleblower official" again, said, "I don't know the so-called whistleblower Rick Bright. I have never met him or even heard of him. But in my opinion, he is a A disgruntled employee who is not well-liked or respected by those I have spoken to, and with his attitude, he should no longer be working for our government!”
html April 22, in front of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Director Bright pointed out that the reason he was demoted a day ago was because he opposed the use of politically related drugs such as hydroxychloroquine to fight the new crown epidemic. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have been promoted by the White House, but Bright determined that these two drugs "lacked scientific value" in dealing with the new crown epidemic and repeatedly refused to expand their application scope. Bright was also called a "whistleblower official" of the U.S. government by the media. The government agency Bright previously headed was small, but it played a key role in fighting the epidemic.In his statement, he angrily criticized the Trump administration for "nepotism."
