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New York City Monkeypox Whistleblower Testifies About Health Department’s Dangerous Monkeypox Public Messaging
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WASHINGTON—At today’s New York City Council Health Committee Oversight Hearing on Monkeypox in New York City, Government Accountability Project testified on behalf of and submitted for the record the written testimony of its client, Dr. Don Weiss.
Dr. Weiss is the NYC Department of Health’s most senior epidemiologist who, until August 1, was leading the City’s fight against Monkeypox. Dr. Weiss is a whistleblower. He was stripped of his duties and transferred to a remote office after raising concerns about danger to public health and safety due to the Department’s erroneous public messaging on how to prevent the spread of the infection.
In his testimony, Dr. Weiss said that, for over two decades, he has led or participated in investigations on every major public health crisis and has consistently received the highest annual evaluations. He elaborated on Monkeypox’s explosive growth: three months ago there were no suspected or reported cases in the United States. According to public health authorities, there are now over 44,000 cases worldwide, the U.S. now leads the world with almost 16,000, New York State leads the nation with over 3,000 and New York City leads the State with almost...
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