How Operation Warp Speed Got Vaccines Out in Less Than a Year

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🗓️ 23 June 2022

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Operation Warp Speed was an unprecedented fusion of government and private industry to create a vaccine against COVID-19. What normally would take four or five years to accomplish was done in less than one. Paul Mango, then deputy chief of staff for the Department of Health and Human Services, was there to make sure everything happened according to plan. Under President Donald Trump, Mango was the liaison to Operation Warp Speed. Mango joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to detail how the vaccines were developed and to discuss his new book “Warp Speed: Inside the Operation That Beat COVID, the Critics, and the Odds.” We also cover these stories: Two top House Republicans say they won’t support the Senate’s new legislation restricting gun ownership. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell admits that raising interest rates could trigger a recession, but says “it is essential that we bring inflation down.” President Joe Biden calls on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the daily signal podcast for Thursday, June 23rd.
0:09.9	I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.9	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:12.7	Operation warp speed was an unprecedented fusion of government and private industry to
0:17.2	create a vaccine to fight back against COVID-19.
0:20.4	What normally would take four or five years to accomplish was done in less than one.
0:25.2	Paul Mego, former deputy chief of staff for the Department of Health and Human Services,
0:29.0	formerly liaison to Operation Warp Speed under President Trump, was there to make sure
0:33.2	everything happened according to plan.
0:35.6	He joins the show today to discuss his new book, Warp Speed, inside the operation that
0:39.8	beat COVID, the critics, and the odds.
0:42.2	He details the story of how the vaccine was developed.
0:44.9	But before we get to Doug's conversation with Paul Mego, let's hit our top news stories
0:49.5	of the day.
0:52.6	Two top Republican House members say they won't support the Senate's new gun legislation.
0:58.2	The Senate voted to advance the gun legislation earlier this week in response to the shootings
1:03.1	in Walde and Buffalo that in total left 31 people dead.
1:08.5	Despite 14 Senate Republicans voting to advance the bill, House GOP members are voicing concerns.
1:15.4	House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whips, Steve Scalise say they will vote
1:21.0	no on the gun bill.
1:22.7	Why?
1:23.7	McCarthy and Scalise say they won't back the bill because it provides a path to fund
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