Tag: Operation Warp Speed

Warp Speed’s Manhattan Project Success Doesn’t Mean the Wuhan Virus War Is Over

Commentary Operation Warp Speed, created by former President Donald Trump’s administration, rates as a medical Manhattan Project. Within a year, Warp Speed developed at least three vaccines effective against COVID-19/the Wuhan virus. “Manhattan Project” has become slang for a chancy venture (e.g., a crash software development program) that succeeds in an astonishingly short time. The…


Former Trump Officials Push Back on Vice President Claim About the National Vaccine Distribution Plan

In an interview on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris ​claimed that the Biden administration is starting from scratch to develop a ​national ​vaccine distribution plan​, ​challenging last month’s comments from the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci, and receiving push back from former Trump administration officials. “You…


Former FDA Chief Kessler to Head Biden’s COVID-19 Response

A former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner will lead the Biden administration’s COVID-19 response, including its efforts to quickly vaccinate more Americans as the death toll climbs to new records on a near-daily basis. President-elect Joe Biden’s team announced Friday the choice of David Kessler as the chief science officer for its response to…


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Some say the Presidential impeachment process has turned into a political weapon, Facebook and Twitter’s market values plummeting after banning President Donald Trump, and the Chief Scientific Adviser for Operation Warp Speed says he resigned at Biden’s request.


Operation Warp Speed Chief Adviser Resigns at Biden’s Request

Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientific adviser of Operation Warp Speed, said on Wednesday that he’s submitted his resignation at the request of President-elect Joe Biden. “As you know, I’m very supportive of this upcoming administration and, really, of course, of the operation and its mission and I will be doing everything I can to…


Operation Warp Speed Chief Adviser Acknowledges ‘Lag’ in Vaccinations

Operation Warp Speed’s chief scientific adviser on Monday defended the federal government’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, but acknowledged there is a “lag” in getting the vaccines administered. Officials with President Donald Trump’s administration said late last year that 20 million Americans would be vaccinated by the end of 2020. Instead, under 3 million people received…


Some Moderna Vaccine Doses May Be Cut in Half to Accelerate Rollout: Official

A top official heading the Trump administration’s federal vaccine program said Sunday that the government is considering giving people a half-dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in order to get more people inoculated faster. Dr. Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, the federal program to surge vaccine development and distribution, told CBS’ “Face the Nation”…


Trump Releases Statement From White House After Returning From Mar-a-Lago

President Donald Trump on Thursday, after his return to Washington, released a statement on the progress of “Operation Warp Speed.” In a video posted on Twitter on New Year’s Eve, Trump made note of the accomplishments of his administration. He didn’t mention election fraud or his challenge to the outcome of the presidential race. The…


CCP Virus Cases Drop Drastically on Sunday

Johns Hopkins University data shows that CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases of infection and death in the United States on Sunday dropped drastically, to the lowest in weeks. According to Johns Hopkins, there were 150,100 new cases of infection and 1,209 deaths on Sunday in the United States, the lowest number of new cases…


Trump Administration Buys 100 Million More Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine From Pfizer

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 investigational vaccine from Pfizer for delivery in 2021. A DOD press statement on Wednesday stated that “Under the agreement, Pfizer will manufacture and deliver up to 100 million doses of its SARS-CoV-2…