Trump Launches Operation Warp Speed for Vaccine Development

Trump announces Operation Warp Speed, a $10 billion public-private partnership to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The program aims to deliver 300 million doses by January 2021 by investing in multiple vaccine candidates simultaneously and pre-positioning manufacturing capacity before clinical trials complete. The program ultimately delivers two highly effective mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) in under 11 months -- a scientific achievement that would normally take 5-10 years. Trump later claims sole credit for the vaccines while simultaneously undermining public confidence in them.