BYNATHANIEL WEIXEL-TheHill.com
Rick Bright, a former top federal vaccine doctor, warned Congress that the country faces the "darkest winter in modern history" without a national coordinated response in place before next fall.
Bright testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.“If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities."
Dr. Bright previously was head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) until he was demoted in late April and transferred to a narrower role at the National Institutes of Health.
He told lawmakers that Americans "deserve" to hear the truth.
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