Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a public–private partnership initiated by the United States government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
Moncef Slaoui and Gen. Gustave Perna were named as leads for Operation Warp Speed.
OWS ORG CHART AO 1300 30 JUL 2020
Pres. Trump has always emphasized that acceptance of the vaccines is voluntary. They are not to be mandated.
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Research Journal, Magazine. - October 29, 2020. Moncef Slaoui, and Matthew Hepburn. “Developing Safe and Effective Covid Vaccines — Operation Warp Speed’s Strategy and Approach.” New England Journal of Medicine 383 (18): 1701–3.
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2027405.
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https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2020/12/01/operation-warp-speeds-moncef-slaoui-guided-covid-19-vaccine-creation/6375043002/.
News. - January 25, 2021. Jon Cohen. “Proud of Vaccine Success, Warp Speed’s Ex–Science Head Talks Politics, Presidents, and Future Pandemics.” Science.
https://www.science.org/content/article/proud-vaccine-success-warp-speed-s-ex-science-head-talks-politics-presidents-and-future.
Magazine. - February 11, 2021. U. S. Government Accountability Office. “Operation Warp Speed: Accelerated COVID-19 Vaccine Development Status and Efforts to Address Manufacturing Challenges.” GAO-21-319.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-319.
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https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11560.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moncef_Slaoui.