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Donald Trump made his first statement on the “Operation Warp Speed” vaccine project after his defeat in the US presidential election. Apparently, the president of the United States is claiming the latest successes in the development of a vaccine by the German company Biontech and the Pfizer group for his government program.
The head of vaccine development at Pfizer, Kathrin Jansen, had recently distanced herself from “Operation Warp Speed” in relation to the “New York Times.” “We were never part of Warp Speed,” he said, according to the newspaper. There was no money from the United States government. However, a company spokeswoman later announced that they were participating in the program as part of the vaccine delivery.
Trump, for his part, said that foreign heads of state had already called and thanked the United States for the services provided. It was an unfortunate misunderstanding that Pfizer initially did not associate recent success in developing a vaccine with “Operation Warp Speed.”
Biontech, which cooperates with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, announced a promising interim result of a corona vaccine study this week. Consequently, the Biontech and Pfizer vaccine prevents at least 90 percent of Covid-19 diseases. That would be an extremely good value.
20 million vaccinations in December
According to the President of the United States, millions of doses of the vaccine are already available. You just have to wait for the approval of the authorities. First, it must be given to particularly vulnerable population groups, and the vaccine will be available to the entire population in April, Trump said. The US government has already contractually secured the delivery of 100 million doses of vaccines and has the option of rapidly receiving millions more doses.
According to the government representative responsible for “Warp Speed”, Moncef Slaoui, around 20 million people will be vaccinated from December after the emergency approvals have been issued. About 25 to 30 million people should be vaccinated in January and the following months, Slaoui said. As soon as more vaccines are approved, the number can increase significantly.
New York should go empty-handed
According to Slaoui, two vaccines should receive emergency approval from the FDA in just a few weeks. He referred to the promising results of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and Biontech. Slaoui also mentioned a vaccine developed by Moderna that uses the same platform and for which there should be encouraging results soon.
The state of New York should not be considered initially. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo does not trust the Washington government and wants to examine the drug separately. “So we won’t send it to New York until we have permission,” Trump said.
The current president of the United States indirectly criticized Cuomo for his announcement a few weeks ago that his own experts would verify the safety of an approved vaccine. Cuomo had justified this with concerns that Trump could use a fund for political purposes and prematurely distribute it to the population.
New locks “under no circumstances”
Regarding additional strategy in the corona pandemic, Trump said there would be no new lockdowns under his administration. His administration “under no circumstances” will decide on new restrictions, Trump said.
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, recently called for immediate and urgent government action against the accelerating spread of the corona pandemic. After meeting with his own panel of experts, Biden said Friday that the facts presented by medical professionals were alarming.
The crisis requires an immediate and decisive response from the Washington government, Biden said. Unfortunately, this does not exist yet. “I am president-elect, but I won’t be president until next year,” Biden said, with a view to taking office on January 20. “The crisis did not respect any date on the calendar, now it is accelerating.”
