WASHINGTON - Dozens of former U.S. government scientists and public health officials issued an open letter on Monday calling for a science-based approach to combat the coronavirus pandemic in order to avoid “dire” consequences as a country.The statement, signed by 57 officials from the Trump, Obama and George W.
Bush administrations, also criticized the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic, claiming that it marginalized the expertise of science and health officials.A healthcare worker administers a coronavirus test to a patient at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images) “We have gathered with one voice because the clear and present danger of the continued.