nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Ousted Scientist Says His Pandemic Warnings Were Dismissed As ‘Commotion’||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint after being removed from his post working on the coronavirus, said in a hearing Thursday alarms about supply shortages went unheeded. The White House called him “disgruntled.”