participated virtually in the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, decorated with ornaments made by students from all over America!
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Every waking moment is about one purpose: saving American lives by delivering safe and effective Coronavirus therapeutics and vaccines, General Perna said.
just signed an executive order to ensure that the U.S. government prioritizes delivery of the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations.
"If authorized, tens of millions of vaccine doses will be available this month . . . and hundreds of millions more will quickly follow. Every American who wants the vaccine will be able to get the vaccine."
"From the instant the Coronavirus invaded our shores, we raced into action to develop a safe and effective vaccine . . .
We harnessed the full power of government, the genius of American scientists, and the might of American industry to save millions and millions of lives."
Dr. Moncef Slaoui: We expect to have enough vaccine doses available to immunize 20 million Americans in the month of December and another 25-30 million per month after that.
Gen. Gustave Perna: "We have capitalized on the best contracting, logistics, and planning experts available to synchronize and integrate all phases of the operation."
The average development timeline for a vaccine can take 8-12 years.
Through Operation Warp Speed, we're doing it in less than one year—5X faster than the fastest vaccine development in history.