A performance evaluation at Texas A&M in 2015 said he was “more interested in promoting yourself” than the health science center where he worked.
testing efforts, says that his experience working on vaccine development projects at Texas A&M University helped prepare him for this historic moment. He once said that his vaccine effort was so vital that “the fate of 50 million people will rely on us getting this done.”
During two recent interviews with The Washington Post, Giroir blamed his ouster on internal politics at the university, not on any problems with the project. Robin Robinson, who as the director of the federal Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority oversaw a major grant for the Texas vaccine project, said in an interview that Giroir “over-promised and under-delivered.” He said, “I always had a good relationship with Brett. I know he has a temper and he sometimes has a very difficult time controlling it.
Although testing has increased since Giroir took over, some state officials continue to complain that the federal government lacks a coherent plan.on NPR last week that “the truth is that the federal government has really been more of a hindrance than a help in most of the testing issues. . . . We got very little help from the federal government.”New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday on brother Chris Cuomo’s CNN show that he wasn’t familiar with Giroir.
“That does not mean at this point in time that anyone who wants a test gets a test,” Giroir said. “There may be tens of millions of people who want a test, but they really have no indication [of the virus] for that test.”Giroir said testing must be increased to ensure that the virus does not resurge. He said the current capability of 3.
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