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Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578900 THE tRUMP ADMIN COVID-19 WHISTLEBLOWER; Vaccine expert Rick Bright claims he was fired after resisting the president’s push for an unproven Covid-19 treatment. theguardian.com A top US government doctor has turned whistleblower after he says he was pushed out of his role in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. Rick Bright told the New York Times he believed he was dismissed as director of the US health department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority because he resisted Donald Trump’s push to use an unproven malaria drug , hydroxychloroquine, as a treatment for Covid-19: Contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit. Trump and his cheerleaders at Fox News have recently backed away from promoting the possible benefits of hydroxychloroquine, after a trial of the drug in US veterans hospitals went badly. The president told reporters on Wednesday that he had “never heard of” Bright.The studies so far. There have been several scientific studies of hydroxychloroquine and Covid-19, writes Julia Carrie Wong – but none have produced evidence that the drug works. Even Trump says Georgia is reopening ‘too soon’ 'Too soon': Trump 'strongly' disagrees with Georgia governor's reopening plan – videoDespite expressing his support for the anti-lockdown movement, Trump said on Wednesday that he “strongly” disagrees with Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen bowling alleys, hair salons and other businesses this weekend. Many of the state’s business owners have also concluded it is “way too early” to return to normal. But Kemp is far from the only leader eschewing the lockdown. In South Dakota, where Republican governor Kristi Noem never issued a stay-at-home order, hundreds of people are expected to attend motor races this weekend. And the mayor of Las Vegas told CNN she would “love everything open” and said her city could be a “control group” to assess the impact of the virus.A tale of two states. Kentucky and Tennessee share a border, but their governors took very different approaches to their coronavirus outbreaks and, as Josh Wood reports, they have seen very different outcomes .New voters go unregistered. The pandemic has made it almost impossible to register new voters using traditional methods in states across the US. That could have a huge impact on November’s election , writes Sam Levine.