A top U.S. vaccine scientist who blew the whistle on President Trump’s disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic spoke publicly Thursday for the first time since he resigned his post at the National Institutes of Health, where he had been demoted after speaking out. This is Dr. Rick Bright, speaking on CNN.

Rick Bright: “The messaging that President Trump gave to America and the world when he left the hospital, about there is no need to be afraid of this virus, is probably the most reckless and deadly piece of information I have ever heard. This virus is deadly. It is airborne. And now, finally, the CDC is being allowed by the White House to tell the world it is airborne. It spreads person to person very easily. Look at the hot spot from that Rose Garden ceremony for the Supreme Court nominee.”