Trump To Name Former Pharma Exec As Vaccine Czar
Source: NYT
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is set to name a former pharmaceutical executive to lead his administration's all-out effort to produce and distribute a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.
Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, will lead Operation Warp Speed, Trump's push to accelerate the vaccine development process for COVID-19, according to an administration official. Slaoui is to serve in a volunteer capacity, and will be assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command.
The move comes as the president and White House aides hope to produce vaccines for the coronavirus faster than what many scientists believe is realistic. The administration is aiming to have 300 million doses to distribute to Americans by the end of the year, believing a reliable vaccine is the only way to promote an economic rebound.
Operation Warp Speed is operating largely independently of the existing White House coronavirus task force, which is also shifting its focus toward vaccine development. The initiative is being promoted by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and involves officials from the Defense Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. - End.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday that a vaccine would not be available by the beginning of the next academic year: The idea of having treatments available or a vaccine to facilitate re-entry of students into the fall term would be something that would be a bit of a bridge too far, he said, even at the top speed were going.
bucolic_frolic
(43,395 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Wouldn't surprise me if Trump pardoned his ass and installed him.
bucolic_frolic
(43,395 posts)musette_sf
(10,206 posts)He asked last month for home confinement "both so he can avoid catching the coronavirus and to work on a potential cure for it".
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/29/martin-shkreli-coronavirus-prison-release-opposed-by-prosecutors.html
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)... on JaredKushnerIdijotTeam named ... wait for it, it's in the OP!!!!
OPERATION WARP SPEED
More like Operator Warped On Speed seems to me a much more appropriate label!
intrepidity
(7,339 posts)It's hard to even imagine anything good or correct coming from this administration, but this is the one time they really, really need to get it right.
Can they? Yes, I believe with enough resources thrown at this, that it is possible.
Will they? Boy, it's hard to bypass my inclination to believe that they'll screw it up magestically.
C Moon
(12,225 posts)docgee
(870 posts)Rushed through testing from some shitty company trump and jared is getting a kickback from.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)That's the fastest I have ever seen someone supposedly drain and swamp and then refill it. In fact, it was almost simultaneous.
To be fair, Trump didn't say he wouldn't refill it. I just liked the old swamp better. Alligators are much more fun than the hideous, carnivorous monstrosities he has in there now. It's like a swamp in a horror film.
Ford_Prefect
(7,927 posts)He is exactly the kind of vermin they take great pride in promoting as the best people.
PSPS
(13,624 posts)It astounds me that, even at this late date, the media treats every action trump does as if was his first, devoid of any memory of the three years of continuous criminality, lying and self-dealing it has (usually) reported itself!
Why, it was just days ago that trump said that only the"tyranny" of the "rogue 'democrat' governors" with their stay-at-home "oppression" was standing in the way of this magical waiting-to-burst "economic rebound." And, then his "good people" goons, with their guns, MAGA hats and confederate flags, started their "protest rallies" that are really campaign rallies, cravenly covered by the click-hungry press as if it were spontaneous and not choreographed. Hey! It's a lot of people (i.e., at least 10.) They're shouting real loud! Let's go live!
"Take calls only from the governors who have been nice to me," "Do me a favor, though," "more tests than anyone," etc.
And then they roll this out, as if it were really serious. Trump only cares about reelection. That's it. Any "optics" he thinks helps in that regard is to be pursued, regardless of its lack of any real value. And, after touting the "miracle" of a malaria drug that stops people's hearts, injecting poison into the body, inserting lamps into bodily orifices, not wanting to wear a mask, and all the rest, who, in their right mind, would actually even consider taking a vaccine touted from the same nefarious cabal, especially if it gets done quickly? If trump has a choice to make between safety and 'good optics' for reelection, everyone knows which he will choose.
Well, now I have that out of my system. Time for more liquor.