Operation Warp Speed Top Adviser On The Status Of A Coronavirus Vaccine : NPR

Operation Warp Speed Top Adviser On The Status Of A Coronavirus Vaccine : NPR

At the helm of of Operation Warp Speed

Immunologist Moncef Slaoui, who came out of retirement to help lead the US government’s ambitious project to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, describes the work being done by Operation Warp Speed. “I firmly believe that we will have a vaccine available before the end of the year, and it will be available in quantities that can immunize subjects with health at the highest risk,” he told NPR. As for worries that an unsafe vaccine might be rushed out to influence the US election in November — not on his watch, says the former head of vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline. “I would immediately resign if there is undue interference in this process,” he told Science.
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