Former White House Operation Warp Speed partnership chief Moncef Slaoui said Sunday that the Trump administration is responsible for “90%” of the COVID-19 vaccine launch plan so far.
In an interview with CBS’s “Make the Nation,” Slaoui pulled back President Biden
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“I think it’s a very negative description of reality,” Slaoui said.
“I think we had plans and, in fact, 90% of what is happening now is the plan we had. Of course, the first thing was to accelerate the development of the vaccine, “he continued. “We have specifically built 100 million doses of vaccine, but we have also incorporated contractual options to purchase more vaccines once we know they are effective. And the plan was to order more vaccines when we knew they were more effective. ”
Pres. Biden criticized Trump’s White House for not providing enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Former Warp Speed adviser Moncef Slaoui calls the characterization a “very negative description of reality … 90% of what is happening now is the plan we had” pic.twitter.com/KWCBiQOfk6
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Slaoui said he believes the former administration could take credit for most of the manufacture and distribution of coronavirus vaccines. However, he added that the administration of the vaccine and the use of the Federal Emergency Management Agency “are not part of the plan” and acknowledged that the Biden administration has taken the lead in these areas.
Brennan pressured Slaoui about any flaws he saw in the plan he developed with the Trump administration, noting that several state governors reported problems early in the vaccine’s launch.
“I don’t think we were able to communicate that the availability of vaccine doses will be slow over time, because we went so fast. There is no vaccine stock, it was impossible to have enough vaccine doses fast enough compared to expectations “, said Slaoui.
In the same interview, Slaoui said that Trump’s refusal to admit the election could have delayed the “full ownership and understanding” of the vaccination plan. He also said he believed he would have sent “important messages” if Trump had received the vaccine on camera.