The Trump administration over the weekend fired Steven Hatfill, a senior adviser to the administration who opposed the COVID-19 vaccines and promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed to The Hill that Hatfill had been fired for cause, not providing any further details.
Hatfill’s firing was first reported by Bloomberg.
A senior department official for HHS told The New York Times that Hatfill was fired for misrepresenting himself as “chief medical officer for the assistant secretary for preparedness and response.”
Hatfill told the Times, however, that he was ousted as part of “a coup to overthrow” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., being carried out by Kennedy’s chief of staff Matt Buckham. He claimed he was fired after refusing to resign.
Hatfill first came to public prominence in 2002 when his apartment was searched as part of the FBI’s investigation into deadly anthrax attacks. Hatfill maintained he was wrongly accused and later received a settlement from the Justice Department. --->READ MORE HERE
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday that his government failed to properly prepare for the “horror" of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, but he apologized for government mistakes.
Johnson told the U.K. Covid-19 Inquiry that officials were overwhelmed by the acceleration of the virus but he believed his Education Department was considering school closings. His education secretary, however, has testified that he was given one night to develop a plan to close schools in March 2020.
“I was very much hoping that we wouldn’t have to close schools," Johnson testified. "I thought it was a nightmare idea.”
It was the second time Johnson has appeared before the inquiry he agreed to establish after being pressured by bereaved families who were particularly angry at his own actions. Two years ago, he defended himself from suggestions that his indifference and failure to heed scientific advice led to thousands of unnecessary deaths in Britain.
The probe is expected to run through 2027. Its current focus concerns children.
Johnson denied a suggestion previously made by Jon Coles, a former director-general at the Education Department, that there had been an “extraordinary dereliction of duty” in not planning earlier for how to close schools.
Former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson testified last week that he had not asked school officials to prepare an assessment on closures in early 2020 because it wasn't recommended at the time and Johnson hadn't ordered it. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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