Ex-NYC COVID Adviser Fired After Admitting to Sex Parties, Drug Use

‘I take responsibility for not using the best judgment at the time,’ Dr. Jay Varma said in a statement to news outlets prior to being fired.
Ex-NYC COVID Adviser Fired After Admitting to Sex Parties, Drug Use
New York City health official Dr. Jay Varma speaks at a press conference in front of 546 West 147th Street in New York City, on Oct. 25, 2014. Bryan Thomas/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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New York City’s former health adviser has been fired from his job after admitting in an undercover video that he attended parties and did illegal drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SIGA Technologies—a health care company that describes itself as developing medicines to prevent and treat infectious diseases like mpox—said on Sept. 23 that the company’s board of directors terminated Dr. Jay Varma, effective immediately.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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