The government's dramatic walk-back of COVID-19 policies and admission of lapses in medical clinical trials this week are proof that the political motives of entrenched bureaucrats are undermining the credibility and performance of public health agencies, a former National Institutes of Health (NIH) whistleblower warns.
"I think the problem is that there are a lot of entrenched bureaucrats in government and it's getting rid of that layer," Dr. Jonathan Fishbein told Just the News, Not Noise television show on Wednesday. "Fortunately, what we're finding with other organizations in the government, other branches, that there's such a deep state.
"There are people who have worked for the government for years and have a certain political philosophy and they undermine what Congress wants and what the administration wants sometimes," he added.
Fishbein's comments came the same day that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Director Rochelle Walensky excoriated the performance of her agency during the COVID-19 pandemic and announced sweeping changes. A day earlier, a government investigation confirmed NIH medical research experiments have routinely failed to disclose required information.
Fishbein highlighted similar concerns more than a decade ago, blowing the whistle on NIH research under the auspices of Dr. Anthony Fauci back in 2004-05. He was fired but later restored to his job when his allegations of ethical and scientific lapses were confirmed. He said problems...
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