New document reveals scope and structure of Operation Warp Speed and underscores vast military invol

[rangerrebew]

New document reveals scope and structure of Operation Warp Speed and underscores vast military involvement

By Nicholas Florko 

September 28, 2020   Reprints

Warp Speed leaders
Molly Ferguson for STAT

WASHINGTON — When President Trump unveiled Operation Warp Speed in May, he declared that it was “unlike anything our country has seen since the Manhattan Project.”

The initiative — to accelerate the development of Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics — lacks the scale, and the degree of secrecy, of the effort to build the atomic bomb. But Operation Warp Speed is largely an abstraction in Washington, with little known about who works there other than its top leaders, or how it operates. Even pharmaceutical companies hoping to offer help or partnerships have labored to figure out who to contact.

Now, an organizational chart of the $10 billion initiative, obtained by STAT, reveals the fullest picture yet of Operation Warp Speed: a highly structured organization in which military personnel vastly outnumber civilian scientists.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/28/operation-warp-speed-vast-military-involvement/

[PeteS in CA]

DoD has been heavily involved in the Trump Administration efforts, well, literally from two years before Day 1. Some treatments are coming from a DARPA project begun in early 2018. The USN's hospital ships were dispatched to NYC and the Land of LA. Mobile field hospitals were set up in multiple cities. Many contracts under the Defense Production Act are through the DoD.  Some funding and contracts with vaccine companies and suppliers of necessaries (e.g. vials, syringes, and needles) are through the DoD. And probably large parts of distribution logistics are probably being organized and/or handled by the military.

Given the hatred and disdain Hillary expressed toward the military back in the 90s, I doubt she would have used their expertise and resources anywhere near as well.

[Smokin Joe]

DoD has been heavily involved in the Trump Administration efforts, well, literally from two years before Day 1. Some treatments are coming from a DARPA project begun in early 2018. The USN's hospital ships were dispatched to NYC and the Land of LA. Mobile field hospitals were set up in multiple cities. Many contracts under the Defense Production Act are through the DoD.  Some funding and contracts with vaccine companies and suppliers of necessaries (e.g. vials, syringes, and needles) are through the DoD. And probably large parts of distribution logistics are probably being organized and/or handled by the military.

Given the hatred and disdain Hillary expressed toward the military back in the 90s, I doubt she would have used their expertise and resources anywhere near as well.

For Trump (and America), given the apparent passive-aggressive perfidy in civilian organizations, it is better to have people who are mission oriented and who will follow orders if you want to get something done.