In a press release issued today , the White House lauded the success of Operation Warp Speed at rolling out a nation-wide vaccine mobilization.
“Formed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Operation Warp Speed (OWS) is the federal government’s path-breaking mobilization of public and private sector resources to rapidly develop, produce, and distribute multiple safe and effective vaccines to protect lives and restore livelihoods by accelerating the end of the pandemic….
“The CEA estimated in summer 2020 that OWS could provide an economic benefit of $155 billion if it were to shorten the timeline for vaccine distribution by one month and that the benefit of a vaccine arrival by January 1, 2021 would approach $2.4 trillion. A historical feat, the first vaccines were administered to U.S. citizens 10 days before the end of 2020.”
Giving figures for the rollout, the release reported:
