Fired scientist Rick Bright says the US coronavirus response has been 'chaotic' and lacks a clear strategy

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• Rick Bright, a scientist who was fired from the Department of Health and Human Services last month, said in an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes" that the US coronavirus response has been "chaotic."
• "We don't yet have a national strategy to respond fully to this pandemic," he said in the interview that aired on Sunday night. "The best scientists that we have in our government who are working really hard to try to figure this out aren't getting that clear, cohesive leadership, strategic plan message yet. Until they get that, it's still gonna be chaotic." 
• Bright has said that he was fired due to resistance to push the experimental drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19. He filed a whistleblower complaint earlier this month accusing the HHS of ignoring his early warnings about the pandemic, CNN reported. 
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Rick Bright, a scientist who was fired from the Department of Health and Human Services last month, said in an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired on Sunday night that the US coronavirus response has been "chaotic" and lacking cohesive leadership. 

Bright was the director of the HHS's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority since 2016 but was reassigned to the National Institutes of Health in April. He has said that he was fired due to resistance to push the experimental drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19. He filed a whistleblower complaint earlier this month accusing the HHS of ignoring his early warnings about the pandemic, CNN reported. 

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