Remember Rick Bright? The former top U.S. vaccine official who alleged in a recent whistleblower complaintthat he was demoted for prioritizing science over political favors testified before Congress Thursday morning about the need for a national response to the coronavirus pandemic. Bright said in prepared testimonythat the United States faces the “darkest winter in modern history” — with “unprecedented illness and fatalities” — if federal officials don’t develop a more coordinated strategy before an expected resurgence of the virus later this year, according to The Washington Post.