Dr. Moncef Slaoui, put in charge months ago by President Donald Trump as chief advisor of the “Operation Warp Speed” crash vaccine development program, appeared on two Sunday talk shows today and was congratulated even by CNN’s Trump-hating moderator Chuck Todd for the “great, great success” of Warp Speed. Dr. Slaoui said “I expect them [the FDA Advisory Committee] to recommend approval based on the data I’ve seen,” so that vaccination with Pfizer’s vaccine could start “even later this week.” He said the vaccine is effective and its safety is excellent compared to vaccines in use for many years.
Slaoui did not otherwise comment, nor was he asked about the delays in the FDA’s considering approval of this vaccine under cover of extra safety precautions and long observation of Phase 3 trial volunteers after efficacy was proven. EIR has shown that this approval could have been coming as early as late October, not mid-late December, and that tens of thousands of lives may have been lost as a result. The U.K. approved the same vaccine for use a week ago.
