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Dr. Rick Bright: His and His Colleagues' Preparedness Resposibility

This is Dr. Rick Bright's June 15, 2018 "Written Testimony" given before the "House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations". The testiomomy concerns "The State of U.S. Public Biopreparedness: Responding to Biological Attacks, Pandemics, and Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks". It is titled "Statement of Rick Bright, Ph.D Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Deputy Assistant Secretary For Preparedness and Response."

Dr. Bright wrote, "I am Dr. Rick Bright, the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)." Anon highly recommends that all Anons read this written testimony. The big takeaway from this testimony is that Dr. Bright identifies the individuals who are responsible for emergency preparedness. In this 2018 testimony he identifies the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), who is his boss, and himself as Deputy ASPR and Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) as the people responcible for preparedness. He uses words such as stockpile, vaccines, "…equipement and other materiel to respond to 21st century health security threats, as well as the flexible response capabilities needed to handle the unexpected." According to Dr. Bright's 2018 testimony, ASPR and BARDA have been responsible for preparing for these emergencies for 10 years. This Anon can only wonder what they have been spending 10 years of budgets on. Dr. Bright also testifies that ASPR and BARDA coordinate federal, state and local training and preparedness. Anon thinks it is deceitful for Dr. Bright to realize, in January of 2020, that preparedness is woefully lacking and then blame others, after testifying on June 15, 2018 that he and his colleagues were doing their jobs. How can he blame the current administration because he woke up one day in January and thought oh shit we're not ready.

PDF warning. Anon will post all 10 PDF pages for Anons who don't like to click on PDF.

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20180615/108422/HHRG-115-IF02-Wstate-BrightR-20180615.pdf

Anon was highlighting the important stuff and then decided it is all important. Sorry for so much yellow.

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https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20180615/108422/HHRG-115-IF02-Wstate-BrightR-20180615.pdf

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This is Dr. Bright's June 11, 2018 - Invitation to Testify

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20180615/108422/HHRG-115-IF02-Wstate-BrightR-20180615-SD001.pdf

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This is Dr. Bright's June 11, 2018 Witness Disclosure Requirement.

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20180615/108422/HHRG-115-IF02-TTF-BrightR-20180615.pdf

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Here is Bright's June 15, 2018 preparedness testimony.

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20180615/108422/HHRG-115-IF02-Wstate-BrightR-20180615-SD003.pdf

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Sorry Anons. Missed these.

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20180615/108422/HHRG-115-IF02-Wstate-BrightR-20180615-SD003.pdf

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This was posted on 4-23-2020. Am reposting along with the above new information. This is a 5-19-2017 US House Whitness Disclosure Requirement.

Rick Bright - Developed, championed and managed scientific strategies of the global influenza vaccine program, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20170523/106020/HHRG-115-IF02-TTF-BrightR-20170523.pdf

Rick A. Bright has been involved in vaccine developement and pandemic preparedness for 3 decades. He has over 3 decades worked for or collaborated with WHO, CDC, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), International Society of Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, Global Health Security Initiative, ACIP Novel Influenza Vaccines Working Group, HHS, DoD, DARPA, BARDA, PATH, PHEMCE, ASPROGA, NIH, NSC, DoS, USAID, UNICEF, PAHO, IDRI, DTRA, BMGF, Wellcome Trust, as well as USG.

Notice that between 2006 and 2008, while working for Novavax, Inc. in Rockville, MD, he "Established and maintained partnerships in Hong Kong, China, India and Taiwan".

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Bright has recieved many awards over the decades:

• Hutchinson High School Wall of Honor Recipient, 2017

• Top 40 Graduates in 40 years of history – Auburn University-Montgomery, 2010

• Centers for Disease Control Charles C. Shepard Science Award for Scientific Excellence, 2007 (Highest scientific award given at the CDC)

• Nakano Citation for the best scientific publication at CDC, 2007

• Nakano Citation for the best scientific publication at CDC, 2006

• National Center for Infectious Diseases Honor Award for Public Health Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, 2005

-Who's Who Among Students in American Universities, 1997

• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities, 1996

• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Inducted 1997

• Omicron Delta Kappa - Leader of the Year, 1997

• Alabama Academy of Science Top Research Award, 1997

• Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society, Inducted 1995

• Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society, Inducted 1994

Have always thought that, in order to recieve an award, one must do a good job. Apparently, (over the last 3 decades) many people in powerful positions beleave that Dr. Bright has met their standards. This being the case, Dr. Bright's congressional testimony today could be considered a condemnation of 3 decades of his own accomlishments and of those with whom he collaborated.

Dr. Bright and his colleagues have invested decades in preparing this nation and the world for a pandemic. He says that this administration has failed the American people. This Anon says that Dr. Bright and his colleagues have failed the people of this nation and of the world.

President Trump says that the pandemic preparedness cupboard was bare, when he took office. What happened to the equipment, PPEs and other things that were supposed to be in that cupboard? State governments are supposed to have preparedness plans. They collect taxes for that purpose don't they? According to Dr. Bright's June 15, 2018 testimony, ASPR and BARDA have given grants for preparedness to state and local governments.

It becomes evident, based on Dr. Bright's June 15, 2018 testimony, that ASPR, BARDA, DR. Bright and his Colleagues had tunnel vission. Their focus seemed to be mostly on vaccines, a little on theraputic drugs and nill on ventilators and PPEs. These experts have spent decades preparing for pandemic and failed to plan for ventilators and PPEs?

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Did this Anon do something wrong?

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Thank you Anon there is one more to go with them. This Anon almost left out these screencaps.

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