Rick Bright
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rick A Bright, Rick Arthur Bright, Rick A. Bright, R A Bright, RA Bright, R. A. Bright, R.A. Bright
US immunologist and US COVID-19 response whistleblower
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5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
- Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions
· 1992 · cited 14,887x
- The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology
· 2008 · cited 10,744x
- Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
· 2021 · cited 9,941x
- Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition
· 2019 · cited 8,971x
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Quotes
- “I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit. I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science – not politics or cronyism – has to lead the way.”
- “Our window of opportunity is closing. If we fail to improve our response now, based on science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged. There will be likely a resurgence of Covid-19 this fall that will be greatly compounded by the challenges of seasonal influenza. Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history.”
- “We need to be truthful with the American people. Americans deserve the truth. The truth must be based on science. We have the world's greatest scientists. Let us lead. Let us speak without fear of retribution. We must listen. Each of us can and must do our part now.”
- “I believe with proper leadership and collaboration across government, with the best science leading the way, we can devise a comprehensive strategy, we can devise a plan that includes all Americans and help them help us guide us through this pandemic. The window is closing to address this pandemic because we still do not have a standard centralized coordinated plan to take this nation through this response.”
- “There's no one company that can produce enough for our country or for the world. We need to have a strategy and plan in place now to make sure that we can not only fill that vaccine, make it, distribute it, administer it in a fair and equitable plan. We don't have that yet and it is a significant concern.”
- “Rep. Butterfield: How could we be struggling to get adequate supplies of simple supplies like swabs? What does this say about the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak?Bright: It says to me, sir, that there is no master coordinated plan on how to respond to this outbreak.”
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