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appalachiablue

(41,184 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 08:08 PM May 2020

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 we’re going.”
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Trump To Name Former Pharma Exec As Vaccine Czar (Original Post) appalachiablue May 2020 OP
Really surprising he didn't name an anti-vaxxer bucolic_frolic May 2020 #1
I was thinking of "Pharma Bro"... the guy who got jailed. mwooldri May 2020 #2
lol bucolic_frolic May 2020 #5
Shkreli has already tried to get sprung musette_sf May 2020 #7
But Manafort got sprung today. Maybe he'll get a home confinement cushy job ... MFGsunny May 2020 #11
We really need to hope this succeeds intrepidity May 2020 #3
and screw it up magestically on purpose. C Moon May 2020 #6
Hell no. I won't be taking any half tested vaccine. docgee May 2020 #8
How fast... Newest Reality May 2020 #4
I am sincerely surprised that they haven't found a way to get Martin Shkreli in the job. Ford_Prefect May 2020 #9
"believing a reliable vaccine is the only way to promote an economic rebound" PSPS May 2020 #10

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
2. I was thinking of "Pharma Bro"... the guy who got jailed.
Wed May 13, 2020, 08:38 PM
May 2020

Wouldn't surprise me if Trump pardoned his ass and installed him.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)
11. But Manafort got sprung today. Maybe he'll get a home confinement cushy job ...
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:57 PM
May 2020

... 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)
3. We really need to hope this succeeds
Wed May 13, 2020, 08:38 PM
May 2020

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.

docgee

(870 posts)
8. Hell no. I won't be taking any half tested vaccine.
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:27 PM
May 2020

Rushed through testing from some shitty company trump and jared is getting a kickback from.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. How fast...
Wed May 13, 2020, 08:42 PM
May 2020

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)
9. I am sincerely surprised that they haven't found a way to get Martin Shkreli in the job.
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:29 PM
May 2020

He is exactly the kind of vermin they take great pride in promoting as the best people.

PSPS

(13,624 posts)
10. "believing a reliable vaccine is the only way to promote an economic rebound"
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:41 PM
May 2020

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.

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