The irony of his name being Dr. Bright.
The sheer magnitude of your willful ignorance and bias....
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Dr. Rick Bright was the most recent Director of BARDA, which is the top-ranking position in the agency. He simultaneously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
[3] Previously, Bright was the Director of the Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division within BARDA. He joined BARDA in 2010 as leader of the BARDA Influenza Division International Program. Bright worked as an adviser to the
World Health Organization in the field of influenza, vaccines and therapeutics development, as well as an adviser to the
U.S. Department of Defense.
The
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is a
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services office responsible for procurement and development of countermeasures principally against
bioterrorism, but also including
chemical, nuclear and radiological threats as well as pandemic influenza and emerging diseases. BARDA reports to the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and manages
Project BioShield. BARDA also procures materials, such as vaccines, for the
Strategic National Stockpile, and more broadly is an established interface between the U.S. Government and the
biomedical industry. BARDA also manages the governmental inter-agency Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise, providing coordination across the government in development and deployment of such countermeasures."""
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