Dying Like Flies, Under Trump

 IT IS ESTIMATED that three hundred and sixty thousand Americans will have died of Covid 19 by New Year's Day. Donald Trump will be the president. if he is the president reelect, he will tell us how fortunate we are that he was reelected, and that without him, the death toll would have been millions. If he is the defeated lame duck, on his way out, he will claim that all the carnage, the horrible death toll is exclusively due to his defeat in his reelection bid. By the time the new president, whether its Trump or Biden, is sworn in on January 20, 2021, the death toll will be close to four hundred thousand. An interesting person to listen to is Rick Bright, who just a few days ago resigned from his position as a research scientist with the federal government.he had held a high ranking administrative position within the government, and during January and February of this year he and his associates were scrambling madly, making detailed plans for the country to fight the oncoming virus.they were researching and planning for mass vaccinations, and trying to provide the Trump administration with a substantial amount of factual information about effective policies and actions for the government to take. their warnings were dire, their suggestions and recommendations were stringent and massive. Bright was fired from his high ranking position,and transferred to  a position of less responsibility elsewhere in the government, without explanation. meanwhile,the Trump administration rejected all his and his colleagues work, ignored their warnings, dismissed their planning. Bright remained with the government through august, because he still thought that he could contribute to an effective government program to fight Covid 19 an prevent it from decimating the American population. Every step of the way, Bright was interfered with, intimidated, told not to pursue specific research or plans to fight the virus without specific permission from the White House. Finally frustrated and stressed beyond what he could bear, he became a whistle blower on his way out, his new mission being to warn as many people as possible about the Trump administration's resistance to every effort being made to provide an effective plan to fight the virus. he has done and is doing interviews, and he is speaking out on the internet, and anywhere else people might listen to him. he says that it is as if the Trump administration wanted from the beginning to actually increase the deadly impact of Covid 19, rather than mitigate it. Rick Bright is a person worthy of looking up, and worth listening to.