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would have a vaccine before the end of

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the year , and some scoffed at that

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time table vaccine by the end of this

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year . Is that possible ? In your view ,

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O Brien , you know , it's another day

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of POTUS in Wonderland . Here it is

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preposterous . Could be January . Could

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be later . We don't know the whole

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process . It's gonna take a year and a

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half . Police . They're certainly not

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going to be ready to start poking

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people in the arms real soon . I still

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think 12 to 18 months is an aggressive

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schedule . I think it's gonna take

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longer than that . There's no prospect

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that there's gonna be a vaccine

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available for the majority of American

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people before the middle of next year .

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It is impossible to get that done by

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the end of the year . Operation Warp

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speed is unequaled on unrivaled

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anywhere in the world . The single

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greatest mobilization in U . S .

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History . Pioneering developing and

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manufacturing therapies and vaccines in

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record time . Operation Warp Speed is

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doing something that's never been done

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before in history . The first Americans

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will get shots and arms in the second

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of December . That's incredible ,

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Elizabeth . The timeline has just been

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jaw dropping , we were able to an

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empowered to make alot right calls and

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decisions . Well , this is a rather

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remarkable moment because it is true .

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This is warp speed . Warp speed is

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being run a non political way by in a

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way we could be proud of . We believe

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we're gonna have people getting

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vaccinated millions of people before

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Christmas this year . It's just unheard

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of in the history of public health is a

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compliment .

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Ladies and gentlemen , the President of

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the United States , Donald J . Trump .

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Thank you very much . It is

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e , thank you very much .

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Appreciate it very much . I'm honored

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to welcome doctors , scientists ,

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industry executives and state and local

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leaders to our historic operation Warp

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speed vaccine Summit . It's been some

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journey for all of us . It's been an

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incredible success . We're grateful to

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be joined by Vice President Mike Pence ,

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who has done and absolutely incredible

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job on the coronavirus task force .

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Mike . Thank you . Stand up , Mike

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way .

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We're here to discuss a monumental

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national achievement from the instant

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the coronavirus invaded our shores , we

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raced into action to develop a safe and

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effective vaccine at breakneck speed .

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It would normally take five years , six

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years , seven years or even more . In

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order to achieve this goal , we harness

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the full power of government , the

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genius of American scientists and the

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might of American industry to save

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millions and millions of lives all over

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the world . We're just days away from

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authorization from the FDA , and we're

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pushing them heart , at which point we

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will immediately begin mass

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distribution before Operation warp

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speed . The typical time frame for

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development on approval . As you know ,

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uh , could be infinity . And we were

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very , very happy that we were able to

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get things done at a level that nobody

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has ever seen before . The gold

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standard vaccine has been done in less

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than nine months . On behalf of the

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entire nation . I want to thank

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everyone here today who has been

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involved in this extraordinary American

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initiative . I also want to recognize

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members of my administration who have

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worked tirelessly in this effort . Alex

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Cesar , please . Alex , Where's Alex ?

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Thank you , Alex . Great

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job ,

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Born Chef Slowey , Where are you ,

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monster ? Thank you very much . Great

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job . A man who is now

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going to be very important , General

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Gus Purna . I have no doubt about it

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right ? Logistics .

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Jared Kushner's worked so hard .

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Where's Jared ? Jared ? Wherever you

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may be . Thank you . Thank you , Jarod .

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Dr . Deborah Berks .

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Deborah . Thank you very much .

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Debra . Admiral Brett Giroir .

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Where is spread ? Great job . You've

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been doing breath . What ? What ?

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Surgeon General Jerome Adams . Jerome .

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Thank you very much . Terrific . Dr .

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Robert Redfield . Robert . Thank you

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very much . Appreciate it .

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Administrator Seema Verma . Seema .

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Thank you , Dr

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Peter Marks . Peter . Yes ,

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Thank you . Paul

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Mango , Adam Bowler and Brad Smith .

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Thank you very much . Great job . Thank

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you all very much . Credible job and

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many others . Also many , many others .

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We're also grateful to be joined by

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governors Greg Abbott . That's correct ,

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Billy Bill .

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Thank you . Thank

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you . Thank you , Bill . Rhonda Santa's

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Ron . Thank you , Ron . Thank you .

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Thank you very much . Great job . And

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John Bel Edwards . John Bell . Thank

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you . Thank you , John . Thank you very

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much . A swell A Senator John Barrasso ,

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who is a fantastic doctor also , by the

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way , I have to say way when I need

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info on that subject . I call up John .

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Thank you , John . Very much . Senator

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Steve Daines . Congratulations on a

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great win . Great win that

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was easier than you thought . It turned

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out right . It was a little easier than

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you thought . Great going . We're proud

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of you , Congressman Greg Walden . Greg ,

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thank you very much . Thank you very

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much . And Congressman Brad went strip .

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Thank you , Brad .

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On many , many

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others , my administration provided a

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total $14 billion to accelerate vaccine

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development and to manufacture all of

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the top candidates in advance long in

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advance . As a result of this

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unprecedented investment , we are

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exceedingly proud that both Pfizer and

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Moderna have announced that their

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vaccines air approximately 95%

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effective , which is a number that

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nobody expected to be able to get Thio

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far exceeding anything that really we

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that anybody thought we went out and we

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said , What do you think a maximum

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would be ? And I think doctors we all

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came up to the conclusion that

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something like that would be really

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incredible . We have other candidates

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looking right now . We have some big

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ones who are going to be announcing

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very soon . We have some companies ,

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great great companies out there . You

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all know about Johnson and Johnson and

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and others , and they're all coming in .

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And they're coming in very quickly . We

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expect to have some news on that very

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shortly , and we have worked very well

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with the company's . But if for any

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reason we have any problems , we will

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be instituting the Defense Production

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Act and we will make sure that we don't

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have any problems for very long . We've

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instituted it before . Two additional

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Cos . AstraZeneca and Johnson and

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Johnson . A zoo . You know , the

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Johnson and Johnson is a one dose , one

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shot vaccine , so we're going to see

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how that works . That would be very

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helpful if that all came out , and I

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think it probably will . Also , they're

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showing tremendous , tremendous promise ,

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all of them . Tremendous problem .

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We're , uh we're very hopeful that the

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FDA will authorize the Pfizer vaccine

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within days . We gotta get it moving

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and Madonna vaccine Almost immediately

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thereafter , large numbers of tests and

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samples have been done , so hopefully

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that will go very quickly . If

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authorized , tens of millions of

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vaccine doses will be available this

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month . Then we'll get it distributed

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very quickly . We have that all set ,

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and hundreds of millions more will

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quickly follow . Every American who

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wants the vaccine will be able to get

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the vaccine . And we think by spring

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we're gonna be in a position that

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nobody would have believed possible

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just a few months ago .

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Yeah , amazing , really . I mean ,

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they say it's they say it's somewhat of

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a miracle , and I think that's true .

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The plan we put forward prioritizes the

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elderly and patients with underlying

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conditions , as well as health care

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workers and first responders . The

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ultimate decision rests with the

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governors of the various states , and I

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hope the governors make wise decisions .

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Who will decide where the vaccines will

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go in their state and who will get them

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first . We urge the governors to put

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America seniors first , and also , I

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think , those who work with seniors ,

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which obviously you gonna have to do

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that . I think they have to go together .

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And doctors , nurses , first responders ,

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etcetera . This will quickly and

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dramatically reduce deaths and

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hospitalizations . And within a short

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period of time , I think we want to get

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back to normal ovary standard phrase .

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We want to just get back to normal ,

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get back to where we were Ah , little

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more than nine months ago . We're doing

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incredibly , and in many respects we're

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still doing , incredibly , with our

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stock markets and everything else ,

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which you're hitting all new highs .

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We've already finalized a partnership

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with Walgreens and CVS , whose

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executives join us today . Thank you

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very much for being here , Thank you

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very much . We appreciate it very much ,

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and they will deliver vaccines directly

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to nursing homes as soon as thes states

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request that they do so . Later today ,

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General Gus Pirner will outline the

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detailed plan to rapidly distribute the

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vaccine to every state , territory and

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tribe . States have designated over

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50,000 sites that will receive the

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vaccine . We've worked very closely

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with the States . Actually , we've had

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very good relationships with the

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governor's . I almost think all of the

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governors , at least in those

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conference calls that air somewhat

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secret other than sometimes on occasion ,

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Mike , the press will break in , which

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is fine , too . Yeah , it's amazing how

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you leave those rooms in about 10

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seconds later , there wasn't even time

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for a leak . They were on the call ,

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but that's all right . So you assume

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that you always assumed that , but

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they'll be going through pharmacies ,

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hospitals , health care providers

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through our partnership with FedEx ,

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UPS and McKesson will ship doses from

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warehouses directly to the designated

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sites . And we're thrilled to be joined

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by representatives . Those really great

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American companies . Those companies

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have worked with us and they've been

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incredible toe work with . And I want

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to thank you all for being here ,

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please . Thank you very much . Thank

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you . Thank you very much , Aziz . I've

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stated all along , and I guess as you

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saw pretty vividly , I heard about the

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I heard about what they were going to

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show prior to my coming . You saw that

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very few people thought that this was

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possible . Of course they'll be saying

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now , we always told you it was so but

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we have them saying a little bit

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different . But it has been incredible .

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And it will end the pandemic . It will

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end the pandemic . And we're working

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with other nations . As you see ,

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Actually , by looking at your screen

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today , we're working very closely with

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other nations also to get the vaccines

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out to other nations . And , uh ,

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that's very important . We work with

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the world , we're working with the

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world , we have great companies and

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we're working with the world . In just

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a few minutes , I'll sign an executive

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order to ensure that the United States

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government priorities is the getting

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out of the vaccine to American citizens

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before sending it to other nations .

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Now , if necessary , I told you , will

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invoke the Defense Production Act , but

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we don't think it will be necessary If

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it is . It's a very powerful act , as

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you know , because we've used it very ,

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very successfully . While we begin to

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swiftly deploy , the vaccine will

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continue to expand the availability of

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groundbreaking therapies . Since April ,

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advances in treatments have already

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helped reduce the mortality rate by

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85% . Think of that

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85% .

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It's an incredible number .

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I've delivered on my solemn promise to

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make the antibody treatments . They're

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brilliant . They're highly successful ,

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available to every American . And we're

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doing that free of cost , totally free ,

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of course . So we're making them

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available and they're available now .

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And if somebody gets sick , it works

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where they go and they get treatment .

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If that's what the doctors air

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prescribing and it's been incredible ,

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these success , and when you hear 85%

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that's some number . To me . That's a

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number that goes along with anything

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else , including the vaccines when you

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think about it as well as we've done

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with the vaccines , when you hear 85%

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people , people find that one hard to

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believe . But you look at the stats and

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you see what's happening , and you look

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at other countries . They're having

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tremendous difficulties in Europe ,

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tremendous beyond relatively beyond

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what we're having . We're having them

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all over the world . But this will

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vanquish the the problem . This

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horrible scores , as I call it , the

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China virus , because that's where it

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came from And the virus has really

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been looked at and studied all over the

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world , and our scientists are

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industrial . Economic mobilization has

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been like nobody else in the world

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could have done . And it's very

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important that we share that with

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others and other nations . I've worked

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and invoked the Defense Production Act

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over 100 times to manufacture essential

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supplies in the United States . Despite

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the grim projections from the media

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eight months ago , where they said this

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was impossible , they actually said you

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saw that a little bit , but I could

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give you two hours worth of it . Uh ,

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but they said it will never happen .

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You could never do it it was a pipe

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dream , but we we did something that

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nobody thought was possible . And we

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also did it where no American who has

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needed a ventilator has been denied a

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ventilator . When we when this first

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came out , we weren't equipped for that .

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Nobody was equipped for that . And

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we're now making ventilators , and we

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have all we need in this country . But

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we're sending them to countries all

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over the world were making thousands

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and thousands of ventilators a month .

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The United States has also created the

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largest , most advanced , the most

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innovative testing program in the world .

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By far . We've conducted over 200

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million tests . Think of that 200

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million tests more than all of the

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European Union combined . It's not even

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close . Just 10 months ago , none of

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these innovations even existed . The

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tremendous progress that we've made his

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testament to what our nation is capable

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of when America is faced with a

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challenge , we come through and we

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always come through to overcome every

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hardship and surmount every obstacle .

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And I think you'll be seeing that over

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the next few months . Uh , the numbers

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should skyrocket downward . We are the

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most exceptional nation In the history

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of the world today we're on the verge

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of another American medical miracle .

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And that's what people are saying .

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People that aren't necessarily big fans

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of Donald Trump are saying whether you

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like him or not , this is one of the

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greatest miracles in the history of

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modern day medicine or any other

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medicine any other age of medicine .

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American companies were the first to

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produce a verifiably safe and effective

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vaccine . Together we will defeat the

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virus and we will soon end the pandemic .

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And we will save millions and millions

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of lives both in our country and all

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over the world . And we've already

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started thank you again to every person

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here today and for the incredible

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achievements that you've done . You're

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gonna be very proud of this day and

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you're gonna be very proud of this

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period of time because nobody thought

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this was possible . Nobody thought it

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was even remotely possible to do what

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we've done in a period of less than

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nine months , something that just not

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even thinkable . And we took a lot of

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heat when we said This is our goal and

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we frankly weren't even quite using the

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numbers that we use . We far exceeded

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what we thought . If we would have said

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sometime next year , I think most

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people would have said that would be

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great . That would be a miracle . But

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we did it long before sometime next

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year . So now I wanna asked . Several

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leaders who have been crucial in this

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effort to join me on stage is assigned

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the executive order to ensure that

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American citizens have first priority

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to receive American vaccines . And then

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we're going to be working with other

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countries all over the world , and I

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think we'll be able to start doing that

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almost immediately . Also because we

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have millions of doses coming in . So

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thank you very much . Thank you . It's

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great honor .

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I don't know . Thanks .

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Crazy .

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Also still .

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So let's see here . E

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way

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weather expert Oxford . Well ,

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thank you for

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Thank you . Thank you .

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Thank you very much . Thanks . Yeah .

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Yeah . Any questions , please ?

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Thank you .

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Thank

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you all .

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Think .

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Any questions list Question ? Yes ,

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please . Clearly that

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wonder , given all

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he's now over . Yeah ,

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it's hard . The thing is that inspired .

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Yeah , well , CGC puts out their

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guidelines and the very important

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guidelines , but , uh I think this . I

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think that the vaccine was our goal .

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That was number one , because that was

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the way uh , it was the way it ends .

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Plus , you do have an immunity develop

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immunity over a period of time , and I

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hear we're close to 15% . I'm hearing

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that , and that is terrific . That's a

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very powerful vaccine in itself . On

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just tremendous progress has been made .

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Uh , one of the reasons we do show So

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Maney and I say this and I've been

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saying it for a long time . So many

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cases is because of the fact that we

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have 200 million tests and you take ,

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uh I think India is actually in second

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place with just a fraction of that

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number . So where many times greater

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than the second country and India has

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1.4 billion people . Where we are

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testing program has been incredible .

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And we actually are also coming out

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with new tests very shortly . That will

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make the process even easier . And you

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won't need doctors necessarily to do

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the test . So we have some incredible

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test coming out in a very short period

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of time . Yeah . Please , Mr these guys

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that officials here in this room have

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encouraged Americans not to travel this

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holiday season . Not that good of large

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gatherings across the street , you've

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been holding holiday parties with

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hundreds of people , many not wearing

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masks . Why are you modeling a

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different behavior to the American

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people than what you're saying is well ,

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their Christmas parties and frankly ,

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we've reduced the number of very

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substantially is , you know , and I see

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a lot of people that the party is

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wearing masks . I mean , I I would say

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that I look out at the audience at

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those parties and we have a lot of

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people wearing masks , and I think

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that's a good thing . Yeah . Please .

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Over here , the next administration

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will be the one . Ultimately , that

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implements a lot of the distribution of

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this vaccine . It will oversee much of

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the future of the way Operation warp

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speed goes forward . Why not include

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members of the Biden transition team is

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part of this summit . Your host , Well ,

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we're gonna have to see who the next

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administration is because we won in

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those swing states , and , uh , there

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was terrible things that went on . So

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we're gonna have to see who the next

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administration is . But whichever the

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next administration is will really

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benefit by what we've been able to do

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with this incredible science . The

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doctors , all of the people that came

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up , the lab technicians that were the

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work that's been done is incredible .

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And it will be incredible for the next

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administration . And hopefully the next

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administration will be the Trump

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administration because you can't steal

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hundreds of thousands of votes . You

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can't have fraud and deception and all

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of the things that they did and then

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slightly win a swing state . And you

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just have to look at the numbers . Look

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at what's been on tape . Look at all

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the corruption and we'll see you can't

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win an election like that . So

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hopefully the next administration will

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be the Trump administration , a

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continuation which has led us to the

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highest stock markets we've ever had .

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The best employment numbers we've ever

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had a rebuilt military . Uh , if you

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look at the tax reductions of the

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greatest in history , the regulation

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reductions , the greatest in history ,

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it leads us to space force , which

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nobody thought was possible . All of

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the things we've done and we were

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rewarded with a victory . Now let's see

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whether or not somebody has the courage ,

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whether it's a legislator or

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legislatures or whether it's a justice

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of the Supreme Court or a number of

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justices of the Supreme Court . Let's

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see if they have the courage to do what

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everybody in this country knows is

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right . I received almost 75 million

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votes , the highest number of votes in

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the history of our country for a

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sitting president , 12 million more

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than the 63 million we received four

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years ago . President Obama received

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three million less in a second term ,

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and he won easily . I received 12

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million more , which , by the way , is

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a record 12 million more . And they say

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that when the numbers came out and the

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numbers came through machines and all

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of those ballots were taken away and

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added , All you have to do is turn on

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your local television set and you'll

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see what happened with thousands of

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ballots coming out from under tables

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with all of the terrible things you saw ,

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all you have to do is take a look , and

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if somebody has the courage , I know

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who the next administration will be And

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I'll tell you what . Life will be much

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easier for this country because of what

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we've done right now and because of a

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lot of the people in this room . The

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job you've done on the vaccine together

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with a lot of others has been a modern

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day miracle , and it's really been

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acknowledged as such . And I want to

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thank you . I want to give you my love ,

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and I want to give you my thanks

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because you're very special people .

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And now good luck . You distribute that ,

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general and really set records . Okay .

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Set records just like we've been doing

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for four years . Thank you very much .

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Thank you , everybody . Thank you .

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Just like a child . Did you

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come up with anything to get good luck ?

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Good lesson reports .

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Good afternoon , everyone . I'm Paul

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Mango on the deputy chief of staff of

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the Department of Health and Human

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Services . And I'll be your host for

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the balance of the afternoon . I

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thought we'd begin by reinforcing with

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a quotation the president's sentiments .

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Just a a couple of minutes ago . You

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may recognize this we were successful

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at Normandy because we didn't know it

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was impossible from the president . Two

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secretaries are the doctor , slowly and

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general permanent down through the

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ranks of every participant in both the

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public and private sectors . They're

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focused with singular save American

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lives . No one on this team ever knew

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bringing millions of doses of even one ,

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not to mention to vaccines safe and

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effective to the American people before

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year end was impossible . This was the

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principal reason today why we are where

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we are on the verge of doing just that .

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But as the president noted , this is

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what separates America from the rest of

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the world . We take the impossible ,

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and we make it possible . Make no

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mistake about it , though today is not

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a declaration of mission accomplished .

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Rather , it's a glimpse into mission

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impossible in extraordinary effort to

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successfully confront what many of the

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world's experts and pundits believed

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could not be done . We have three

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objectives for this afternoon . The

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first is to build understanding . We

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will describe how the Trump

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Administration plans to equitably

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distribute safe and effective vaccines

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to any American desire ing one second

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we seek to build confidence described

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how the Trump Administration is

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following data and science in the

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development and evaluation of the

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vaccines . And third , we're going to

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recognize achievement , celebrate the

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private sector , innovation ,

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commitment and the American spirit .

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Those working with the Trump

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administration have demonstrated every

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step of the way to achieve the fastest

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development and distribution of

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vaccines in history . The runners show

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today will be as follows Doctor Slow .

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We will discuss the strategy and

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process behind the investments and

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cultivation of our vaccine portfolio ,

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while General Colonel will provide some

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insights into the test of shipping

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vaccines within 24 hours of FDA

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authorization , Adam Bowler and Dr

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Peter Marks will discuss the rigorous

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gold standard process theme FDA is

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using to ensure the vaccines are safe .

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An effective Admiral Jerar and the

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executive Some FedEx UPS , McKesson and

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Thermal Fisher will discuss cold

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storage , handling and delivery

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logistics well , then have a 10 minute

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break about an hour and a half in then

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Brad Smith will be moderating a panel

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with CVS and Walgreens to discuss

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vaccine administration with a focus on

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long term care and senior living

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facilities . Then secretary , as our

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who's been the architect of Operation

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Warp speed from the start , will

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interview governors Abbott to Santa's

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Edwards and Lee about the critical role

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of states and jurisdictions in the

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vaccine prioritization and

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administration process . Finally ,

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we'll hear from Vice President Pence ,

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whom you know has been leading the

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White House task force for the last

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nine months . He'll offer some

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reflections and closing remarks .

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Implicit in this agenda are three vital

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partnerships animating the success of

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Operation Warp Speed . First is HHS and

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the Department of Defense . Second is

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Federal , State and third is public

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private . The federal government is

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enabling success , but we would not be

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here today if not for the set of

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collaborative partnerships , you will

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gain Mawr Insight into each of these

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over the next couple of hours

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as Dr Slough in General Purna come up

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onto the platform . I'd like to briefly

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describe the paradox that's inherent in

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their roles . Dr . Slavery's role has

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been to evaluate in advance from over

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100 candidates what became a portfolio

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of six vaccines having the greatest

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probability on a risk adjusted basis of

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achieving our objectives . At the same

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time , General Pernis role has been to

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create a distribution and

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administration architectures , ensuring

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any or all six of these vaccines

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translate into actual vaccinations . So

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while Dr Slough is odds of success

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improved with every vaccine in the

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portfolio , the complexity of General

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Pernis task grew exponentially . Some

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vaccine requires two doses . Some

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require one , Some need an edge events .

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Some need a deal . You want some

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injections ? Air 21 days apart . Some

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are 28 days apart . Some need small

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needles and syringes . Others need

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large ones . Some need to be stored at

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minus 80 degrees Celsius , others at

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room temperature . I think you get the

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point . Nonetheless , General Pern and

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his team from the Army Logistics

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Command along with the Centers for

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Disease Control and Dr Redfield are

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meticulously working through these

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issues . But it's best that doctors

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flowy and General Purna described all

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of this in their own words . Doctor

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Flowy , right ?

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Oh , thank you for e apology .

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Getting more comfortable ? Well , thank

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you very much , ladies and gents ,

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some progress has been made cooperation

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or developed vaccines against 19

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for the American people and for the

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world . However , obviously there is

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still much more the piece of that

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before we can affect the controls .

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Get back to normal . Doctor . Sly , I'm

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sorry . You just need this microphone .

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Sorry . Interrupt you here . That one's

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not working . Does it really turned out

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Sorry about that . So I told you ,

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that is What I do is summarize where we

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are in the development of covet 19

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vaccine . How come we have been so fast ?

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Why ? I believe it's very important

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that Americans and people around the

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globe trust the effectiveness and

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safety of this vaccine . And of course ,

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I also want to acknowledge and thank

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the many participants from the private

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sector to the academics to the U . S .

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Government employees to the volunteers

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who participated in the clinical trials

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and the hundreds and thousands and tens

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of thousands of people across various

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industries that have enabled on made

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possible where we are today .

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So over the past seven months , what we

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have done is to say , let's select

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a portfolio of vaccines rather than bet

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on only one or two . And let's drive

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all six . In fact , the initiation we

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thought we could have ate . Let's drive

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them in parallel as safely and as

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securely as possible . And we

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designed that portfolio by selecting

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what we call platform technologies .

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I'll explain that more in a second and

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decided to take two example ER's off

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each platform technology in order to

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increase our chances to succeed ,

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because failure is the normal life of

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research and development on success is

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rare on success in this case not only

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meant that we would have a vaccine ,

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but that we would have a vaccine on

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time and that we would have vaccine

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that can be manufactured in tens of

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millions and then very quickly into

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hundreds of millions off . Those is

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thes . We're all enormous challenges

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and as we stand today , I think we are

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beginning to have some

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successes to off . The vaccines , using

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one platform technology called

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messenger RNA have demonstrated , I

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believe , exception of Efficacy 95

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Efficacy on average against disease .

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Importantly , they have both 100%

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efficacy against severe disease . They

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are equivalently efficacious in

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people over the age of 65 and

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importantly also in the diverse

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population that constitute our nation .

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I think there are very important

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achievements , and these two vaccines ,

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one by Pfizer and Wine by Moderna

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remarkably gave similar results even

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though they were developed completely ,

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independently and designed completely

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independently . In fact , at the onset

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competitively , these two vaccines will

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be reviewed by the FDA , As you know ,

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on December 7th for the fighter vaccine

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on on December 17 for the Modern A

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vaccine . And we hope I read today .

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The comments from the FDA that are

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encouraging that we hope these vaccines

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are likely to be approved and

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made available into several tens of

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millions of those is very quickly to

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the U . S population . Two other

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vaccines from the portfolio using a

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different platform technology , which

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are virus that's unable to replicate

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that cannot infect you but is able to

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deliver to you . The vaccine are in

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advanced phase three trials , one of

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them by Johnson and Johnson has already

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recruited more than 35,000 subjects in

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the face retrial on Mr President

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explained that that vaccine is a one

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shot vaccine , which , in the context

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of a pandemic , is really a major

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advantage because people can achieve

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protection quickly after having

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received one does , and we don't have

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to rely on them coming back for a

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second does . I'm not saying to those

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is bad . I'm just saying one does is

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even better than to those that vaccine

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is likely to complete its efficacy

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trial in terms of assessing efficacy of

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the vaccine probably early in the month

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of January and hopefully would file for

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emergency use authorization either late

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in January or early in February .

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That's important because we are likely

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to have a third vaccine somewhere in

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February . Hopefully if if the

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appropriate efficacy and safety profile ,

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of course are achieved . And there is a

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second vaccine using similar platform

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technology by AstraZeneca . That

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vaccine is also being tested in a face

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retrial here in the US , where 17 0

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plus subjects have already bean

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recruited on where we project that FXC

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may be achieved somewhere in the end of

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January or early February and maybe by

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late February or early March that

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vaccine could become available if

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approved by the FDA . To further

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increase the number of vaccine does is

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we have to immunize the nation and the

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world . And finally we have two more

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vaccines using a third platform

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technology , which is a more classical

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platform technology using recombinant

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proteins . These are vaccines by a

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biotech company here in the U . S .

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Called Novavax and another one by two

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large pharma and vaccine companies that

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put their efforts together . Sanofi and

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GlaxoSmithKline . These vaccines are in

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Phase two trials and should be starting

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the Phase three trials in the next few

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weeks or days and if proven

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efficacious , they may before the

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middle of the year again be able to

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apply for emergency use authorization

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and further add to our menu of vaccines

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with , hopefully comparable efficacy

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and various advantages in terms of cool

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chain requirements and storage and

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other features . So in

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summary , I would say we have to in the

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hand substantially the two RNA

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vaccines to close by

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and to to come . We plan to

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manufacture enough of these vaccines to

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immunize about 20 million of our

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citizen before the end of this year ,

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about 30 million in the month of

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January and about 50 million in the

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month of February . Those would be

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immunization that require two doses of

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vaccine , and we hope to either have

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more vaccine doses of the messenger RNA

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vaccines and or MAWR vaccine doses

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from the other portfolio vaccine that I

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cited to complete the immunization off

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the rest of our population , which we

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project could be done by the month of

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June if everybody

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except which we hope to be vaccinated .

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So how come we have developed so many

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vaccines so quickly . Well , really ,

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this is what the operation has achieved .

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And there was a visionary , I think ,

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decision to put together the academic

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sciences , the industry , experience ,

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biotech or pharmaceutical . The US

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government entities in terms of the

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Human Services Agency and the

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Department of Defense . The logistics ,

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the capabilities , the project

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management , the deep science , the

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industrial experience . We're all put

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together , financed , freed from

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bureaucracy and empowered to make

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decisions . And I have to say it has

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worked remarkably well . Yet that was ,

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I think , the necessary context in

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which speed was able to be achieved .

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But specifically , why were we so fast ?

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Three main reasons . The first reason

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is we were able to cut

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the front part of the discovery and

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development process of the vaccine from

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years to literally weeks , thanks to

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the use of what's called platform

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technologies . It's a little bit like

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if you had imagined a cassette player

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can play classic music if you put a

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classic music tape or rock and roll .

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If you put a rock and roll tape ,

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99% of the cassette players off course ,

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the same Onley . The tape changes and

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you have a very different outcome .

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It's the same with vaccine . Platform

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technologies are mean by which you can

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produce a vaccine that induced the

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right immune responses , and you put a

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different cassette in it to make a

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different vaccine against a different

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virus . So when we knew we as the

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industry on the academia , what the

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virus that causes covet , 19 is and

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it's sequence companies were able to

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take that sequence , plug it in the

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cassette player of their platform

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technology and being to the clinic

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within two months from the discovery of

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the virus . This is where we cut , I

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would say , most of the time . Those

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platform technologies have been

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invested into four decades for some of

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them . On at least for 10 years , for

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instance , the messenger RNA . They

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have bean into the clinic with other

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vaccine . They have Bean developed for

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industrial manufacturing . Their

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toxicology and safety and animals was

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described . We didn't cut corners , we

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used what was known and built on it ,

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and I think that's really super

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important for everybody to understand .

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The second thing that allowed us to

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accelerate was that we took every

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possible operational and financial risk

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we planned everything in parallel . We

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spent all the money before we knew

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whether things were gonna work . We

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plan to phase one phase two , phase

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three trials in parallel off course .

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We didn't progress in parallel . We

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only progress when the FDA said it's

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fine , it's safe to progress . But we

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selected Hander's off sites for

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clinical trial , for instance , well

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before we knew we could ever run the

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clinical trial . That's not what you do

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normally that cost a billion dollars ,

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effectively those clinical trials . We

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also invested enormous amounts of money

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to a tune or build

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equipped , and then scale up the

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manufacturing process for these

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vaccines , even hire people and train

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them into the manufacturing facilities .

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What we need to realize is no industry

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has idled manufacturing capability is

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waiting for the next pandemic to happen .

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So there was a huge challenge . Frankly ,

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the bigger challenge to be able to find

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those manufacturing capabilities source

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the raw materials . My Cooley , General

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Purna and his team have done

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unbelievable job in enabling the access

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to the raw materials to the equipment

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to the engineers to whatever it is that

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was needed to be able to drive the

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speed of manufacturing . That's how

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we're able to have millions of doses of

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vaccine before the vaccines are

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approved . That's never how it works in

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real life . And then the third reason

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why we went very fast was that we ran

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very large trials for the efficacy to

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the SS fxc of the vaccines . In the

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context of a pandemic , running a very

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big trial actually accelerates the

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speed with which you run the clinical

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trial because it allows you to accrue

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more cases in the trial on having cases

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in the trials is what allows you to

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assess whether the vaccine is a

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vacation or not . Unfortunately , also ,

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the speeding up of the pandemic and

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transmission of the virus has helped ,

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and we were able to achieve thanks to

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that , a much faster completion off the

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efficacy trial , as a second objective

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of having very large clinical trials is

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that we have a much larger database to

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document the short term and midterm

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safety of these vaccines . Normally 6

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to 8000 subjects in a clinical trial is

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what's required for approval of a new

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vaccine . These are the key reasons why

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we have been able to accelerate the

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development off these vaccines . We did

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not cut corners . And these are the

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reason why I really have a plea to all

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of us to keep our minds open , to

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keep our ears open , to remain , uh ,

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receptive . Two facts to

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science toe information that will be

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made available transparently will

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witness that as off Thursday through

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the FDA process , where every single

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bit of information and data that has

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been generated will be available and

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accessible to everybody to look into ,

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identify those experts that you know

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and that you trust and ask them what

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they think of the data . Listen to the

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data yourself and make up your mind .

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We have 95% fixing , almost an

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insurance against this pandemic and

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100% fixed against severe disease . But

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this is that killed more than 200,000 ,

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almost 300,000 people getting more than

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2000 every day . Those are the risks we

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know and they're happening every day .

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I hope most of us will accept to be

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vaccinated because that's the way

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through which we will be able to

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control this pandemic . Otherwise ,

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vaccines that are not used are useless .

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Vaccination is what's important .

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Finally , while great progress has been

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made . As I said in the beginning , we

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still have a lot to do . We see that

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vaccines that are being tested in phase

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three . I told you that that Johnson

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and Johnson Vaccine has recruited

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35,000 . Subject . We need to get to

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42,000 . That's our objective . The

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AstraZeneca recruited 17,000 . We need

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to get to 30,000 on the two protein

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vaccines are going to start their Phase

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three trials in the next few weeks . So

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we need all of you please

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to volunteer or continue to volunteer

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to participate into the clinical trials .

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Because it is thanks to the 44,000

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volunteers who participated in the

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fighter trial and 30,000 volunteers who

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participated in the modern , a trial

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that we have been able to assess that

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these vaccines work . It is your

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generous action , and I would call on

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your civic sense to please continue to

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participate in the clinical trials ,

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even if two vaccines may very well be

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approved in the next few weeks . And I

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would say there is in that not only in

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action that will help our country in

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the world in that defines that . Uh ,

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more vaccines can be shown to be

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efficacious , but that action is also

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frankly helpful to you . You've heard

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me say we have . We can immunize 20

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million people in December . 30 million

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in February , in January , 50 million

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in February . If you participate in a

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clinical trial , you have 50% chance to

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have the vaccine now and for some other

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tri ALS . Depending on how random

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ization is done , you may have 66% to

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have vaccine now . And these tribes are

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running so fast when the trial complete ,

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you will have also a chance if you

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received the placebo to get vaccination

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immediately . Once the trial has read

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out . So please continue to participate .

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Continue to help . We are continuing to

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drive as fastly and as safely as we can

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the development and manufacturing of

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this vaccine . And I know General Purna

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is working very hard with his team to

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ensure that they make it to the

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location where you would be able to

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immunized to be immunized General up to

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you now . Thank you .

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Okay .

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Okay . Can everybody hear me ?

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All right . Great . Well , thank you .

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And it's a great honor . to be here on .

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It's a great honor to co lead this

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effort with Dr Moncef Salah , we world

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renowned scientist and , uh , just

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personal friend and somebody that's

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helped me grow personally

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professionally over the last six or

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seven months . And again , Dr Slow , we

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thank you so much . We

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owe

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clear to everybody that I am not a

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scientist . I am a soldier on . I'm

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very proud to be a soldier . Serve

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Undersecretary McCarthy and Chief of

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Staff of the Army General Makhan Ville

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on I just feel obligated to say it

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is an honor to serve our country and

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our nation as a soldier on . I just

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want to say thanks to all the service

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men and women that are out there every

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day sacrificing

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theme

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since the moment I've been appointed as

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a co leader , this task force every

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waking moment is about one purpose

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on Dr Slowly and I have this purpose

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together , right ? It is about saving

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American lives . There is nothing else

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that has our focus but saving American

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lives . And we're doing that right by

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delivering safe and effective

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therapeutics and vaccines to the

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American people . And how did this come

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to fruition as quickly . Uh , said

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earlier by Dr Salah . We , uh , it's

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come to fruition because of our

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approach or approach being a whole of

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America . Effort , right . It was lead

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at the government at the highest levels

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of the government by Secretary a czar

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and Secretary Miller of the Department

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of Defense . It has been supported and

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collaborated by our great industry

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partners that are represented here

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today , and I'll call some out in the

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future . But trust me when I tell you ,

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we couldn't do it without them . And

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then it has been , uh , contributed

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through great academia uh ,

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conversations about innovation . How do

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we are able to act in agile and

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adaptive way to the to the cove ? It in

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achieve success of what we're trying to

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do ? So it was this collaboration of

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this effort that I just cannot express

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enough to all of us . How important

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this waas future problems facing us

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need toe always have this type of

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collaboration if we want to ensure

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success . It's been a Herculean effort

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as Dr Salah we talked about , we have

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focused . We have built brick and

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mortar capability and capacity expanded

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already capability that existed so that

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we could ensure that we have vaccines

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when they were approved . We have

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prioritized materials from around the

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world into our industry partners . We

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have prioritized medical equipment into

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our industry partners to achieve the

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success that we're talking about today .

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Initial doses in the hundreds of

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million's right or excuse me in the

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tens of million's right in December .

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But we will quickly expand every week ,

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every month that goes by until we have

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enough vaccine for all the American

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people . That was our mission safe and

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effective vaccines to the American

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people . Now we're at a stage is doctor

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slowly said . We're on the precipice is

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off having vaccines approved . So what

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is next ? Because we don't want to get

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out in front of ourselves . As my

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father used to say , You can only spike

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the football when you're in the end

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zone . Well , what is The end zone

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described us here , shots in arms ,

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right ? And so we want to make sure

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that we have a distribution plan that

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is capable right off taking the

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vaccines that are available on a daily ,

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weekly and monthly basis and ensuring a

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distribution to the American people .

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How do we do that . Three cornerstones

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to our plan . First and foremost , we

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went to the CDC experts ,

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right ? Not part time experts in

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managing vaccines and medicines in

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distribution to the American people .

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We collaborated , and we partnered with

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them . Led by Dr Butler , supported by

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excuse me , led by Dr Redfield ,

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Supported and providing leadership

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through Doctor Butler , Dr Mason , a Dr

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Patel and hundreds of others that are

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true professionals . And how to manage

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and distribute this vaccine very , very

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important to our success . Second , we

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went to private industry . Why ?

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Private industry knows how to do this .

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They do it every day . They do it

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quietly . They do it professionally .

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They do it with expertise , vaccines

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and medicines flowing throughout our

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country every single day . Right . And

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who's doing it ? Private industry . We

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went to them . We collaborated with

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them . We took their good ideas . We

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put them into our plan the c d . C .

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Integrated synchronized , coordinating

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their capabilities and capacity of

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industry to ensure that we have a well

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nested playing for distribution . Right .

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And then what was the last thing key to

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our success . It's not our plan that

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needs to be implemented perfectly . It

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is the governor's plans that we want to

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enable that we want to empower that .

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We want to make sure that we can

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execute according to their priorities

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and guidance . They know their states ,

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they know their people . They are being

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informed by highly professional medical

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personnel that no their people and

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their states , our position is to

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enable them . So it is this trifecta ,

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the C . D . C . Commercial industry and

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the governors in their states that is

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gonna make us successful at the end of

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the day . Trust me , it is about

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collaboration . It is about unity of

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effort . It is not about command and

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control . This is what the operations

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been able to synchronize and integrate .

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So as said earlier , right , What is

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our goal ? Our goal is upon you . A

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emergency use authorization which will

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be determined by the FDA . We will

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start moving vaccines within 24 hours .

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We will move them throughout the entire

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United States of America , 50 states ,

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eight territories , six mega cities and

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five federal agencies . We know right ,

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based on the allocations that were

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available to us for Pfizer vaccine ,

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and our allocation process was by pro

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rata to the population of each

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state , territory or city above the age

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of 18 to ensure fair and equitable

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distribution of vaccine every day . We

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know that for Visor vaccine , based on

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our allocation , we know exactly as of

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last Friday , where the states want the

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vaccine distributed to we know the

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locations by address . We know the

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populations based on the amounts that

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they want at each location . We know

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this as a fact . We're already sharing

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this information with industry , which

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I'll talk about in a minute what

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they're gonna do with it so that they

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can plan package and prepare to

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distribute . This week , we're working

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on the Moderna vaccine vaccine initial

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allocations with the States . And by

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this Friday , we will have all the

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locations for the modern . A vaccine

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allocation from the States will know

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where they want it , and we'll know how

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much they want it . So within a one

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week period , we've been able to

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accumulate , process , inform

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and collaborate where the vaccines

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going to key to our success . So

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now we have you a We have the

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information we need , where it's going ,

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how much is going . So how is it going

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first the Pfizer vaccine is depicted

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upfront topper half of the chart .

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Their goal is to deliver vaccine to the

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right side of the chart on all those

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places and locations that we wanted to

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go through . Go to Pfizer vaccine .

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Pfizer has chosen to do their own

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delivery of vaccine right in

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collaboration with us and in prior our

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priorities to distribution capabilities .

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Right ? FedEx and UPS , right ? And

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they will distribute the FedEx and UPS ,

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and FedEx and UPS will break down the

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vaccine by location and then distribute

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it to the final locations . Accordingly ,

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the Madonna vaccine is going a little

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bit differently . Madonna chose toe ,

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have a distributor come in and help

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them . McKesson is going to take

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responsibility for that . They're gonna

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break down the vaccine . They will

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repackage it . Then they will

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distribute it through FedEx and UPS

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down to the final administration sites ,

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as directed by the governors . At the

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end of the day , whether it's Pfizer or

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more dinner Moderna . Excuse me . All

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right . Our capability and capacity is

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something that we know how to do , and

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we know how to track and how to

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implement it and how to make sure that

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the vaccine is delivered , it is

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delivered safely . It is delivered to

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ensure the stability of the vaccine .

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And it is delivered securely to the

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locations that we said . Right . This

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is why we put this all together . It

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will be a Herculean task . But I am

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confident , as I said , the planning by

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the C . D . C . The collaboration by

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our partners McKesson , FedEx , UPS ,

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CVS , Walgreens rite that we will be

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able to execute this vaccine very

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efficiently . But more importantly

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effectively , As we start to

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deliver the vaccine , we will be able

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to track every single

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vaccine from start to finish . We

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have worked in great collaboration with

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commercial industry . We have developed

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a capacity or capability to track every

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vaccine we will see from point A to

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point B . We will understand how the

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vaccine is being administered in arms

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and we will continue the flow vaccine

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to support the use at the lower At the

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administration sites . The key is flow

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of available vaccine . We're not

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waiting for a monthly cycle of delivery

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of vaccine . Every day , every week

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that vaccine becomes available ,

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allocations will be provided to the

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states and we will start and we will

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execute a predictable and consistent

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cadence of vaccine delivery . We will

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do that by providing allocations to the

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States . States will tell us where they

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want the vaccines ago , and then we

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will deliver the vaccines in accordance

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to the process that I told you . What

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is the greatness of this ? It is

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about making sure that we get the

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initial doses out following you way

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within 24 hours and then providing a

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steady case , uh , cadence of vaccine

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so that planners complained . And then

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people who are gonna have to administer

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understand the timing of administration

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where we can notify persons that come

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get shots on , be available . It is the

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flow we're trying to create that will

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that will , uh , determine our success .

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I'm very excited about this . I'm very

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excited about the amount of work that's

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gone into this . Uh , somebody said to

01:00:00.340 --> 01:00:02.451
me the other day Oh , I heard there's

01:00:02.451 --> 01:00:05.110
you a coming about . Are you guys gonna

01:00:05.110 --> 01:00:08.330
start planning ? I said start planning .

01:00:08.710 --> 01:00:10.877
We literally have started planning his

01:00:10.877 --> 01:00:12.821
doctor SLA . We talked about seven

01:00:12.821 --> 01:00:15.700
months ago , right ? It was in parallel

01:00:15.700 --> 01:00:18.720
that we executed this . We assumed

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success so that we could get ahead of

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the problem . It was because of the

01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:25.680
great efforts by the C . D . C . The

01:00:25.680 --> 01:00:29.530
collaboration of commercial industry

01:00:29.540 --> 01:00:32.880
and the state's Herculean effort to

01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:35.590
plan for the people to be received

01:00:35.590 --> 01:00:37.840
shots that we're gonna be successful .

01:00:38.410 --> 01:00:41.280
So with that said , I will tell you I

01:00:41.280 --> 01:00:44.550
am 100% confident that we will be able

01:00:44.550 --> 01:00:46.930
to implement this , that with our

01:00:46.930 --> 01:00:50.110
collaboration of the trifecta there we

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will be successful and we will start

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the have shots and arms within 96

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hours off you . A . That's what I

01:00:59.780 --> 01:01:02.420
believe with all my heart on . I am

01:01:02.420 --> 01:01:05.340
counting on it because I for one , I

01:01:05.350 --> 01:01:08.200
have told my mother , right ? Get the

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vaccine . I've told my sons , Get the

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vaccine . That's how confident I am in

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this . So I asked for you . As Dr

01:01:17.750 --> 01:01:21.230
Slowey said at the end , right ? All of

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us , the American people , we can beat

01:01:24.120 --> 01:01:27.920
this Onley together , right ? We can do

01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:31.310
this if we do it together , right ? Be

01:01:31.310 --> 01:01:34.320
informed , right ? Don't be led ,

01:01:35.010 --> 01:01:38.270
understand ? Do your research . Hold

01:01:38.270 --> 01:01:40.326
yourself accountable to hearing both

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sides of the story and then make an

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individual decision that's best for

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yourself and your family and your

01:01:46.900 --> 01:01:49.960
community , right ? And if we do that ,

01:01:49.970 --> 01:01:52.340
we will be successful and we will

01:01:52.340 --> 01:01:55.260
defeat right the enemy , which is co

01:01:55.260 --> 01:01:57.880
vid . So with that said , thank you ,

01:01:57.880 --> 01:01:59.991
everybody for your time . It's a real

01:01:59.991 --> 01:02:05.630
pleasure .

01:02:12.900 --> 01:02:16.700
Okay ? I'm not sure there's two

01:02:16.700 --> 01:02:19.090
more humble , selfless , confident

01:02:19.090 --> 01:02:20.870
leaders in the country s Oh ,

01:02:20.870 --> 01:02:23.037
congratulations , gentlemen , has been

01:02:23.037 --> 01:02:25.259
a pleasure working with you . I have to

01:02:25.259 --> 01:02:27.537
tell a short anecdote about Dr Flowery .

01:02:27.537 --> 01:02:29.920
He's pretty reticent about telling

01:02:29.920 --> 01:02:32.087
folks he's the most successful vaccine

01:02:32.087 --> 01:02:34.330
developer in the world today . So after

01:02:34.330 --> 01:02:36.163
he decided what his slate of six

01:02:36.163 --> 01:02:38.800
vaccines was gonna be , we took him

01:02:38.800 --> 01:02:41.910
through a little exercise way said ,

01:02:41.920 --> 01:02:44.031
There's three criteria we want you to

01:02:44.031 --> 01:02:46.142
evaluate the probability of . Will it

01:02:46.142 --> 01:02:48.364
get through phase three clinical trials

01:02:48.364 --> 01:02:50.830
and get any u A ? Will it be effective

01:02:50.860 --> 01:02:53.600
in persons over 65 ? And will we have

01:02:53.890 --> 01:02:56.840
tens of millions of doses of each six

01:02:56.840 --> 01:02:59.010
vaccines , three criteria , 18 Total

01:02:59.500 --> 01:03:01.389
factors we came out with . If you

01:03:01.389 --> 01:03:03.333
remember about this was white last

01:03:03.333 --> 01:03:05.510
summer , 75% probability would have at

01:03:05.510 --> 01:03:08.260
least one of those about 30%

01:03:08.260 --> 01:03:10.640
probability we'd have to . So choosing

01:03:10.640 --> 01:03:13.200
that slate was so vital to our success

01:03:13.200 --> 01:03:15.610
today . And after slowly was once again ,

01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:16.930
uh , spot on .

01:03:20.040 --> 01:03:23.880
Okay , Now we move

01:03:23.890 --> 01:03:26.001
on to objective number two , which is

01:03:26.001 --> 01:03:28.223
building confidence , and you will have

01:03:28.223 --> 01:03:30.223
Adam Bowler , who's been one of the

01:03:30.223 --> 01:03:32.446
Operation Warp speed Board members have

01:03:32.446 --> 01:03:34.612
a discussion with Dr Peter Marks , who

01:03:34.612 --> 01:03:36.501
is the director for the Center of

01:03:36.501 --> 01:03:38.723
Biologics Evaluation and Research . For

01:03:38.723 --> 01:03:40.946
those of you who don't know that , it's

01:03:40.946 --> 01:03:43.112
the agency that will actually evaluate

01:03:43.112 --> 01:03:45.223
and hopefully approve Thean emergency

01:03:45.223 --> 01:03:47.930
use authorizations for the vaccines .

01:03:47.930 --> 01:03:49.874
And they're gonna talk through the

01:03:49.874 --> 01:03:52.690
truly gold standard process that the

01:03:52.690 --> 01:03:56.240
FDA has utilized over the last several

01:03:56.240 --> 01:03:58.240
months . They've had input into the

01:03:58.240 --> 01:04:00.462
clinical trials there , obviously vital

01:04:00.462 --> 01:04:02.600
to evaluating for emergency use . Now

01:04:02.600 --> 01:04:04.900
Peter has been very gracious . He's

01:04:04.900 --> 01:04:07.220
literally has staff working three

01:04:07.220 --> 01:04:10.200
shifts 24 hours a day , seven days a

01:04:10.200 --> 01:04:12.200
week . He did not want to leave his

01:04:12.200 --> 01:04:14.256
staff today to come down and talk to

01:04:14.256 --> 01:04:16.367
you . But we thought it was much more

01:04:16.367 --> 01:04:18.422
important for the American people to

01:04:18.422 --> 01:04:20.200
hear from him briefly about the

01:04:20.200 --> 01:04:22.422
rigorous process , the exacting process

01:04:22.422 --> 01:04:24.533
that he is taking his team through to

01:04:24.533 --> 01:04:26.589
evaluate thes . And when he's done ,

01:04:26.589 --> 01:04:28.700
he's gonna head right back out to the

01:04:28.700 --> 01:04:30.811
FDA . So thank you for that . Dr Marx

01:04:30.811 --> 01:04:32.978
and Adam Bowler and Dr Marks . Come on

01:04:32.978 --> 01:04:32.610
out .

01:04:40.390 --> 01:04:43.920
Yeah , on Adam . Its's All yours , Adam .

01:04:48.290 --> 01:04:50.210
Thanks very much .

01:04:53.190 --> 01:04:56.230
You hear me ? Okay . The working . Well ,

01:04:56.240 --> 01:04:59.250
um , thanks so much for joining me , Dr

01:04:59.250 --> 01:05:01.280
Marx . And I've had the pleasure of

01:05:01.280 --> 01:05:03.169
getting to know you over the last

01:05:03.169 --> 01:05:05.113
number of months . And you lead an

01:05:05.113 --> 01:05:07.113
unbelievable team of physicians and

01:05:07.113 --> 01:05:09.280
scientists that the FDA and I know the

01:05:09.280 --> 01:05:11.447
American people over to all of you for

01:05:11.447 --> 01:05:13.669
your hard work . So , first , thank you

01:05:13.669 --> 01:05:15.724
very much for being here . Thank you

01:05:15.724 --> 01:05:17.891
very much . Let me start . Obviously ,

01:05:17.891 --> 01:05:20.910
this has been an unbelievably rapid

01:05:21.290 --> 01:05:23.123
development cycle from a vaccine

01:05:23.123 --> 01:05:25.290
perspective . So maybe take us through

01:05:25.290 --> 01:05:27.750
What is the difference between this

01:05:27.760 --> 01:05:29.750
approach versus the traditional

01:05:29.750 --> 01:05:31.861
approach , which would take so long ?

01:05:31.861 --> 01:05:34.028
So take us through that , right ? So ,

01:05:34.028 --> 01:05:36.083
e think Dr Slowly , Louis did this ,

01:05:36.083 --> 01:05:38.250
but I'll just kind of try to stay in a

01:05:38.250 --> 01:05:40.361
different way , you know , Normally ,

01:05:40.361 --> 01:05:42.472
vaccine development is something that

01:05:42.472 --> 01:05:44.694
is de risk , so that one completes each

01:05:44.694 --> 01:05:47.550
step , stops looks , then goes to the

01:05:47.550 --> 01:05:50.000
next step , stops looks , then goes to

01:05:50.000 --> 01:05:52.111
the next step , and at the end of the

01:05:52.111 --> 01:05:53.778
process , one really ramps up

01:05:53.778 --> 01:05:56.260
manufacturing . What was done here is

01:05:56.260 --> 01:05:58.430
instead of that cereal one after the

01:05:58.430 --> 01:06:01.670
other process , many things were

01:06:01.670 --> 01:06:03.781
collapsed and done at the same time .

01:06:03.781 --> 01:06:05.837
And I think General Purna noted that

01:06:05.837 --> 01:06:08.059
instead of waiting till the very end to

01:06:08.059 --> 01:06:10.170
decide how you're going to distribute

01:06:10.170 --> 01:06:12.392
the vaccine instead of waiting till the

01:06:12.392 --> 01:06:14.337
end to decide that you're going to

01:06:14.337 --> 01:06:16.559
manufacture large amounts of vaccine at

01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:18.892
risk , these were done at the same time .

01:06:18.892 --> 01:06:20.892
And what that means by doing things

01:06:20.892 --> 01:06:23.114
parallel in a parallel manner . Is that

01:06:23.114 --> 01:06:25.392
corners ? We're not We're not cut here .

01:06:25.392 --> 01:06:27.337
This this is a vaccine that's gone

01:06:27.337 --> 01:06:29.503
through these vaccines . They're going

01:06:29.503 --> 01:06:31.670
through the large kinds of trials that

01:06:31.670 --> 01:06:33.360
we would expect from , uh ,

01:06:33.370 --> 01:06:35.426
prophylactic vaccines , preventative

01:06:35.426 --> 01:06:37.426
vaccines that are gonna be given to

01:06:37.426 --> 01:06:39.592
large numbers of people . Um , just to

01:06:39.592 --> 01:06:41.648
give you just a number . The average

01:06:41.648 --> 01:06:45.500
vaccine development program for the

01:06:45.500 --> 01:06:47.278
kind of prophylactic preventive

01:06:47.278 --> 01:06:49.333
vaccines that we're talking about is

01:06:49.333 --> 01:06:53.190
about 21,750 . Um uh , People enrolled .

01:06:53.200 --> 01:06:56.910
So this thes programs with from 30,000

01:06:56.920 --> 01:06:59.160
to , uh , Thio

01:06:59.170 --> 01:07:02.760
89,000 patients enroll or

01:07:02.770 --> 01:07:05.470
individuals enrolled . That's , uh ,

01:07:05.480 --> 01:07:07.740
that's a pretty nice sized program ,

01:07:07.740 --> 01:07:10.460
and and so that's giving us kind of the

01:07:10.460 --> 01:07:13.100
gold standard types of a clinical trial

01:07:13.100 --> 01:07:15.370
program that we'd like to see for

01:07:15.370 --> 01:07:18.280
preventative vaccines . Thank you , Dr

01:07:18.280 --> 01:07:20.850
Marks . Um , no . One question that

01:07:20.850 --> 01:07:22.906
circling and Dr Salah we just talked

01:07:22.906 --> 01:07:25.640
about it is whether Americans should

01:07:25.640 --> 01:07:28.240
take this vaccine . Eso Let me ask that

01:07:28.240 --> 01:07:30.470
question to you is why should Americans

01:07:30.470 --> 01:07:33.040
trust thes vaccines ? So So the reason

01:07:33.040 --> 01:07:34.984
why I'm sitting here today and the

01:07:34.984 --> 01:07:36.929
reason why we're going through the

01:07:36.929 --> 01:07:39.151
process that we're going through at FDA

01:07:39.151 --> 01:07:41.318
is so that Americans can trust vaccine

01:07:41.318 --> 01:07:43.373
that they're going to receive . Um ,

01:07:43.373 --> 01:07:46.170
the FDA is known around the world for

01:07:46.180 --> 01:07:49.000
its regulatory rigor . Were one of the

01:07:49.010 --> 01:07:51.177
Onley regulators in the world where we

01:07:51.177 --> 01:07:53.343
don't just take the data that's handed

01:07:53.343 --> 01:07:55.454
to us from companies and look at it .

01:07:55.454 --> 01:07:58.400
We actually take the the data listings ,

01:07:58.410 --> 01:08:01.220
the raw data that gets sent us and do

01:08:01.230 --> 01:08:04.200
analyses ourselves on that on . It's a

01:08:04.200 --> 01:08:06.800
group of over 150 people working right

01:08:06.800 --> 01:08:09.610
now at FDA to go through and do these

01:08:09.610 --> 01:08:12.470
type of analyses to make sure that the

01:08:12.470 --> 01:08:15.050
vaccine is what it says it is to make

01:08:15.050 --> 01:08:16.939
sure we fully understand the side

01:08:16.939 --> 01:08:18.890
effect profile toe , understand ?

01:08:18.900 --> 01:08:20.844
Sometimes we learn things that the

01:08:20.844 --> 01:08:23.600
manufacturers didn't even know about

01:08:23.930 --> 01:08:25.708
their own vaccines by doing our

01:08:25.708 --> 01:08:28.820
analyses . And so , by doing that hard

01:08:28.820 --> 01:08:32.170
work , the folks are making sure that

01:08:32.180 --> 01:08:34.700
we've we When when it comes through

01:08:34.700 --> 01:08:36.589
this process , we're gonna have a

01:08:36.589 --> 01:08:38.700
vaccine that has efficacy that we can

01:08:38.700 --> 01:08:40.756
trust , safety that we can trust and

01:08:40.756 --> 01:08:42.811
quality that we can trust , which is

01:08:42.811 --> 01:08:45.380
what Americans deserve because all the

01:08:45.380 --> 01:08:47.380
people working at FDA right now are

01:08:47.380 --> 01:08:49.810
thinking about this vaccine as if it's

01:08:49.810 --> 01:08:52.420
one that they want to take . They wanna

01:08:52.430 --> 01:08:54.597
have their families take and then have

01:08:54.597 --> 01:08:56.720
our extended family in the United

01:08:56.720 --> 01:08:59.000
States take . And this is really

01:08:59.000 --> 01:09:01.056
important that we're on Lee going to

01:09:01.056 --> 01:09:03.970
get there if we do this all together by

01:09:03.970 --> 01:09:06.390
taking vaccines together . This is a

01:09:06.390 --> 01:09:08.430
time where we have toe rebuild our

01:09:08.430 --> 01:09:11.680
trust in vaccines , and we hope by the

01:09:11.680 --> 01:09:14.290
transparent process that we're using by

01:09:14.290 --> 01:09:16.430
going to an advisory committee in the

01:09:16.430 --> 01:09:19.760
public view where people will see the

01:09:19.760 --> 01:09:21.980
data that's being put forth , where

01:09:21.980 --> 01:09:24.000
will be a discussion among academic

01:09:24.000 --> 01:09:27.300
experts of the safety effectiveness and

01:09:27.300 --> 01:09:29.244
the quality of these vaccines that

01:09:29.244 --> 01:09:31.356
people will see . Nothing's nothing's

01:09:31.356 --> 01:09:33.633
being hidden , that these air vaccines ,

01:09:33.633 --> 01:09:35.790
that when we say at FDA they're safe

01:09:35.790 --> 01:09:38.012
and effective . It means we've done our

01:09:38.012 --> 01:09:40.234
best job to make sure that they're safe

01:09:40.234 --> 01:09:42.401
and effective for all of us . Toe roll

01:09:42.401 --> 01:09:44.640
up our sleeves and take Thank you ,

01:09:44.640 --> 01:09:46.751
Peter . Could you expand a little bit

01:09:46.751 --> 01:09:49.029
on the clinical trial process ? I mean ,

01:09:49.029 --> 01:09:51.251
the size , the scope , give me a little

01:09:51.251 --> 01:09:53.362
sense of that . So the these clinical

01:09:53.362 --> 01:09:55.780
trials that involve the the random

01:09:55.780 --> 01:09:57.620
ization . So flipping a coin and

01:09:57.620 --> 01:10:00.700
putting one toe , one person getting a

01:10:00.700 --> 01:10:04.700
placebo or inactive product versus

01:10:04.710 --> 01:10:08.150
theatric vaccine where we have 15,000

01:10:08.150 --> 01:10:10.390
people in each arm to compare them

01:10:10.550 --> 01:10:12.980
means that we have a very large size ,

01:10:13.160 --> 01:10:15.680
uh , trial , which not only lets us get

01:10:15.680 --> 01:10:18.430
to the efficacy quicker as Dr Slough we

01:10:18.430 --> 01:10:20.950
noted , but also gives us a very nice

01:10:20.950 --> 01:10:23.400
size safety database . And although

01:10:23.400 --> 01:10:25.890
normally we like toe have longer follow

01:10:25.890 --> 01:10:28.610
up of individuals , perhaps then we'll

01:10:28.610 --> 01:10:30.721
have . Right now , we're able to make

01:10:30.721 --> 01:10:33.000
up for that by following the people who

01:10:33.000 --> 01:10:35.167
were in the clinical trials for longer

01:10:35.167 --> 01:10:37.222
periods of time and by the fact that

01:10:37.222 --> 01:10:39.278
over the past 10 years in the United

01:10:39.278 --> 01:10:41.444
States , we've developed a very robust

01:10:41.444 --> 01:10:43.667
safety surveillance system , which uses

01:10:43.667 --> 01:10:45.722
large databases covering hundreds of

01:10:45.722 --> 01:10:47.833
millions of lives to be ableto look ,

01:10:47.833 --> 01:10:49.889
it's specific adverse events to make

01:10:49.889 --> 01:10:52.056
sure that there aren't problems coming

01:10:52.056 --> 01:10:54.460
up after these vaccines are given to

01:10:54.460 --> 01:10:57.290
people . And we wouldn't let them out

01:10:57.290 --> 01:10:59.457
there in the first place if we thought

01:10:59.457 --> 01:11:01.568
that there was any significant chance

01:11:01.568 --> 01:11:03.900
of that . But we are going to make sure

01:11:03.950 --> 01:11:06.880
by monitoring them that there aren't

01:11:06.880 --> 01:11:09.790
things that emerge as there used

01:11:11.460 --> 01:11:13.460
what happens next . I mean , I know

01:11:13.460 --> 01:11:15.620
obviously the FDA is gonna go through

01:11:15.620 --> 01:11:17.398
their process . A lot of people

01:11:17.398 --> 01:11:19.620
expecting we all hope for authorization

01:11:19.620 --> 01:11:22.840
are so assuming that happens , assuming

01:11:22.850 --> 01:11:25.200
you went through an issue , the A What

01:11:25.200 --> 01:11:29.030
happens next ? Eso after a new

01:11:29.030 --> 01:11:31.910
emergency use authorization is granted .

01:11:31.920 --> 01:11:34.370
Um , we Well , there will be several

01:11:34.370 --> 01:11:37.750
things that will happen , but the the

01:11:37.760 --> 01:11:39.920
the Advisor Committee of Immunization

01:11:39.920 --> 01:11:41.476
Practices will make further

01:11:41.476 --> 01:11:43.309
recommendations about use of the

01:11:43.309 --> 01:11:46.230
vaccine vaccine will then get into

01:11:46.240 --> 01:11:48.407
General Pernis hands and they will get

01:11:48.407 --> 01:11:50.573
it out there . Onda , we will activate

01:11:50.573 --> 01:11:53.140
our safety surveillance system . Um ,

01:11:53.150 --> 01:11:55.094
there will actually then be in the

01:11:55.094 --> 01:11:56.983
coming coming months , additional

01:11:56.983 --> 01:11:58.872
trials that will be done on these

01:11:58.872 --> 01:12:01.039
vaccines because there are populations

01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:03.372
that we still don't have information on ,

01:12:03.372 --> 01:12:05.150
that we have to get information

01:12:05.150 --> 01:12:08.350
Children , pregnant women among them

01:12:08.360 --> 01:12:10.193
that will get mawr data on these

01:12:10.193 --> 01:12:12.082
vaccines . So that will be ableto

01:12:12.082 --> 01:12:14.320
ultimately , hopefully , by late spring

01:12:14.320 --> 01:12:16.110
start to vaccinate the entire

01:12:16.110 --> 01:12:19.610
population , Um , on get to

01:12:19.610 --> 01:12:22.130
Children so that we actually then stop

01:12:22.130 --> 01:12:24.880
the entire covert cycle . I know once

01:12:24.880 --> 01:12:26.991
it gets into general partners hands .

01:12:26.991 --> 01:12:30.290
Was it plus a day less ? That's

01:12:30.290 --> 01:12:32.980
it . 83

01:12:34.250 --> 01:12:37.830
um , one final question for you , Dr

01:12:37.830 --> 01:12:40.360
Marks . Which is expand a little bit on

01:12:40.370 --> 01:12:42.800
how important it is for every American

01:12:42.810 --> 01:12:44.970
to get this vaccine or not . Feel for

01:12:44.970 --> 01:12:47.640
you to say , I think it's really

01:12:47.640 --> 01:12:49.751
critical here to understand that what

01:12:49.751 --> 01:12:51.918
we're doing . An FDA is trying to make

01:12:51.918 --> 01:12:54.710
sure that people have the confidence to

01:12:54.720 --> 01:12:56.776
use vaccines . Vaccines have been an

01:12:56.776 --> 01:13:00.440
incredible public health advance . Our

01:13:00.450 --> 01:13:03.040
agency has been regulating vaccines for

01:13:03.040 --> 01:13:05.470
over 100 years since actually before

01:13:05.750 --> 01:13:07.510
the Center for Biologics , the

01:13:07.510 --> 01:13:09.750
precursor actually predated the food

01:13:09.750 --> 01:13:11.583
and drug administration . It was

01:13:11.583 --> 01:13:13.639
established by the Biologics Control

01:13:13.639 --> 01:13:15.583
Act of 1902 for anyone who wants a

01:13:15.583 --> 01:13:17.528
history lesson . And so we've been

01:13:17.528 --> 01:13:20.070
doing this for a while . Um , the first

01:13:20.070 --> 01:13:22.290
or second biologics license was for a

01:13:22.290 --> 01:13:24.510
smallpox vaccine , So we've been doing

01:13:24.520 --> 01:13:26.631
doing this . And so we kind of pretty

01:13:26.631 --> 01:13:28.750
good sense of what safety looks like

01:13:28.750 --> 01:13:30.750
for a vaccine . And we've seen what

01:13:30.750 --> 01:13:32.570
vaccines could dio eliminated .

01:13:32.570 --> 01:13:36.150
Smallpox . It's polio is something that

01:13:36.150 --> 01:13:38.094
nobody sees any more in the United

01:13:38.094 --> 01:13:40.380
States because it's gone pretty much ,

01:13:40.850 --> 01:13:44.320
um , even measles we don't see because

01:13:44.330 --> 01:13:46.552
as long as we keep getting our Children

01:13:46.552 --> 01:13:48.790
vaccinated , we don't have measles

01:13:48.790 --> 01:13:51.120
outbreaks in the United States . So

01:13:51.130 --> 01:13:53.770
it's a huge transformation from

01:13:53.770 --> 01:13:56.660
vaccines , and we would not allow

01:13:56.660 --> 01:13:58.690
vaccines to go out there if they

01:13:58.690 --> 01:14:00.801
weren't safe and effective . And when

01:14:00.801 --> 01:14:02.857
we see safety signals , we deal with

01:14:02.857 --> 01:14:06.050
them . So it's critical here that we

01:14:06.060 --> 01:14:08.410
all trust in the outcome of this

01:14:08.410 --> 01:14:11.430
process , because we all need to bring

01:14:11.430 --> 01:14:13.860
this crisis to an end together , and

01:14:13.860 --> 01:14:16.082
getting vaccinated is kind of the first

01:14:16.082 --> 01:14:18.027
step there . You know what we have

01:14:18.027 --> 01:14:20.138
right now is we could wear masks . We

01:14:20.138 --> 01:14:22.082
can wash our hands and we can stay

01:14:22.082 --> 01:14:24.193
social distance with the vaccine . We

01:14:24.193 --> 01:14:26.410
can finally help drive this away just

01:14:26.420 --> 01:14:28.420
and have it go the way hopefully of

01:14:28.420 --> 01:14:30.642
smallpox to being something that's only

01:14:30.642 --> 01:14:32.753
in high biocontainment laboratories .

01:14:32.753 --> 01:14:34.698
And that's Onley gonna happen if a

01:14:34.698 --> 01:14:36.864
large fraction of eligible people take

01:14:36.864 --> 01:14:40.170
the vaccine . Thank you , Dr Marks . I

01:14:40.170 --> 01:14:42.710
mean , Washington can be a difficult

01:14:42.710 --> 01:14:45.430
town , but you and your team in the

01:14:45.430 --> 01:14:47.263
group here so that this is not a

01:14:47.263 --> 01:14:49.208
partisan effort . It's an American

01:14:49.208 --> 01:14:51.430
effort . And so Azzan American . I want

01:14:51.430 --> 01:14:53.652
to really say how much I appreciate all

01:14:53.652 --> 01:14:55.819
your work in your team's work . Thanks

01:14:55.819 --> 01:14:57.819
very much . I have to say I have an

01:14:57.819 --> 01:15:00.041
incredible teams of diverse individuals

01:15:00.041 --> 01:15:02.208
who are so committed to this , um that

01:15:02.208 --> 01:15:04.430
they have worked tirelessly and they'll

01:15:04.430 --> 01:15:06.597
continue to work tirelessly with these

01:15:06.597 --> 01:15:09.020
vaccines and additional vaccines until

01:15:09.020 --> 01:15:11.360
we have what we need to beat Cove in 19 .

01:15:11.940 --> 01:15:14.700
Thank you . Thanks . Right now .

01:15:16.160 --> 01:15:18.290
Thank you . Thank you .

01:17:27.130 --> 01:17:29.241
Okay . So I think we're going to call

01:17:29.241 --> 01:17:32.050
this the show and tell panel . But just

01:17:32.050 --> 01:17:35.890
a The story about Dr Peter marks

01:17:35.900 --> 01:17:38.122
a little known fact . He's actually the

01:17:38.122 --> 01:17:40.289
one who coined the term Operation Warp

01:17:40.289 --> 01:17:42.410
speed s O many months ago and was

01:17:42.420 --> 01:17:44.587
actually very involved early on in the

01:17:44.700 --> 01:17:46.922
initial aggregation of the candidates ,

01:17:47.430 --> 01:17:49.597
the vaccine candidates from around the

01:17:49.597 --> 01:17:51.708
world that were eventually screened .

01:17:51.708 --> 01:17:53.930
And as I said , we determine there were

01:17:53.930 --> 01:17:56.097
six that would be good candidates . So

01:17:56.097 --> 01:17:58.319
we're going to now turn to the topic of

01:17:58.319 --> 01:18:00.374
logistics , the logistics of vaccine

01:18:00.374 --> 01:18:02.263
distribution , and we'll have the

01:18:02.263 --> 01:18:04.263
assistant secretary of health Known

01:18:04.263 --> 01:18:06.486
pretty well , too many of you , Admiral

01:18:06.486 --> 01:18:08.263
Bret Jerar . He'll lead a panel

01:18:08.263 --> 01:18:10.541
comprising Sean Seaman's from McKesson ,

01:18:10.541 --> 01:18:12.652
Richard Smith from FedEx West Wheeler

01:18:12.652 --> 01:18:14.763
from UPS and Mark Casper from Thermal

01:18:14.763 --> 01:18:16.874
Fisher . And , I think just is a good

01:18:16.874 --> 01:18:19.130
time . The reinforce again , the vital

01:18:19.130 --> 01:18:20.760
role that the public private

01:18:20.760 --> 01:18:22.927
partnership in Operation Warp speed is

01:18:22.927 --> 01:18:25.149
playing . And we've made this statement

01:18:25.149 --> 01:18:27.260
before . With the exception of a very

01:18:27.260 --> 01:18:29.204
few federal agencies , such as the

01:18:29.204 --> 01:18:31.480
Veteran's Administration , maybe the

01:18:31.480 --> 01:18:33.591
Indian Health Service and a couple of

01:18:33.591 --> 01:18:35.647
others , it's highly unlikely . At a

01:18:35.647 --> 01:18:38.140
federal employees will touch a vaccine

01:18:38.140 --> 01:18:39.930
dose before it's injected into

01:18:39.930 --> 01:18:41.874
Americans arms . Highly unlikely a

01:18:41.874 --> 01:18:44.152
federal employees will touch that dose .

01:18:44.152 --> 01:18:46.263
And that goes to General Pernis point

01:18:46.263 --> 01:18:48.374
about this public private partnership

01:18:48.374 --> 01:18:50.740
and all of our great partners we're

01:18:50.740 --> 01:18:53.640
going to depend on them on they possess ,

01:18:53.640 --> 01:18:55.584
We believe the most well developed

01:18:55.584 --> 01:18:57.529
inventory management , transport ,

01:18:57.529 --> 01:18:59.584
distribution , logistics and vaccine

01:18:59.584 --> 01:19:01.529
administration capabilities in the

01:19:01.529 --> 01:19:03.473
world . We're simply building upon

01:19:03.473 --> 01:19:05.920
their foundation . Uh , we've already

01:19:05.920 --> 01:19:08.250
delivered close to 200 million flu

01:19:08.250 --> 01:19:10.417
vaccines just this season in last four

01:19:10.417 --> 01:19:12.583
or five months in conjunction with the

01:19:12.583 --> 01:19:14.690
500 companies like those you'll hear

01:19:14.690 --> 01:19:18.400
from shortly Eso This is again

01:19:18.760 --> 01:19:20.871
a great group of companies are public

01:19:20.871 --> 01:19:22.871
private partnership , and I'm gonna

01:19:22.871 --> 01:19:24.816
hand it off . Thio , Admiral break

01:19:24.816 --> 01:19:26.760
Gerard to take us through the next

01:19:26.760 --> 01:19:29.440
panel . Yeah ,

01:19:43.320 --> 01:19:47.320
we'll get Can you hear me ?

01:19:47.320 --> 01:19:49.598
Sit on . Okay , great . Good afternoon ,

01:19:49.598 --> 01:19:51.876
everyone . I'm very honored to be here ,

01:19:51.876 --> 01:19:54.690
and I do want to say , uh , we're here

01:19:54.700 --> 01:19:57.110
representing many individuals . Surgeon

01:19:57.110 --> 01:19:59.770
General Vice out of Vice Admiral Adams .

01:19:59.780 --> 01:20:02.530
Radamel . We hockey and myself are

01:20:02.530 --> 01:20:04.530
members of the United States Public

01:20:04.530 --> 01:20:07.330
Health Service Commission core 6100 men

01:20:07.330 --> 01:20:09.660
and women , all health professionals

01:20:09.660 --> 01:20:11.771
who've been at the front line of this

01:20:11.771 --> 01:20:14.350
pandemic . 4300 have been deployed .

01:20:14.560 --> 01:20:16.782
The other 1800 are on the front line in

01:20:16.782 --> 01:20:18.782
the Indian Health Service Bureau of

01:20:18.782 --> 01:20:20.893
Prisons . So shout out to all of them

01:20:20.893 --> 01:20:24.160
who are currently deployed to get .

01:20:27.510 --> 01:20:31.050
I am here with four great companies .

01:20:31.410 --> 01:20:33.299
We're talking about their role in

01:20:33.299 --> 01:20:35.354
operation warp speed , but they have

01:20:35.354 --> 01:20:37.860
been essential to our efforts to bring

01:20:37.860 --> 01:20:41.170
PPE to distribute therapies like

01:20:41.170 --> 01:20:43.650
monoclonal antibodies to bring test

01:20:43.650 --> 01:20:45.706
throughout the country . What you're

01:20:45.706 --> 01:20:48.150
going to hear here is only the tip of

01:20:48.150 --> 01:20:50.150
the iceberg of what they've done to

01:20:50.150 --> 01:20:52.261
support this , uh , pandemic response

01:20:52.261 --> 01:20:54.372
in our country . Um , you heard their

01:20:54.372 --> 01:20:56.594
names , But Sean Simmons , President Rx

01:20:56.594 --> 01:20:58.500
Crossroads executive sponsor ,

01:20:58.500 --> 01:21:00.620
Enterprise coded vaccine program with

01:21:00.620 --> 01:21:03.930
McKesson . Mark Casper ,

01:21:04.310 --> 01:21:06.460
uh , Chairman , President , CEO of

01:21:06.460 --> 01:21:09.170
Thermo Fisher West Wheeler President ,

01:21:09.180 --> 01:21:11.650
ups Healthcare . And finally , Richard

01:21:11.650 --> 01:21:13.780
Smith , regional president of the

01:21:13.780 --> 01:21:17.510
Americas for FedEx . So I'm gonna lead

01:21:17.510 --> 01:21:19.670
with a few questions . Uh , my first

01:21:19.670 --> 01:21:22.470
one . I'm gonna direct at our at our

01:21:22.470 --> 01:21:25.740
colleagues from McKesson . So let's

01:21:25.740 --> 01:21:27.796
talk generally , what is your role ?

01:21:27.796 --> 01:21:30.150
And you saw it on the on the board

01:21:30.160 --> 01:21:32.460
earlier in distributing vaccines ,

01:21:32.460 --> 01:21:34.349
including kidding ? Of the needed

01:21:34.349 --> 01:21:36.516
supplies , like syringes and needles .

01:21:36.910 --> 01:21:39.021
Well , thank you , admiral , for your

01:21:39.021 --> 01:21:41.243
leadership . And I want to thank all of

01:21:41.243 --> 01:21:42.966
our public private partners in

01:21:42.966 --> 01:21:44.966
operation warp speed . It's both an

01:21:44.966 --> 01:21:47.077
honor and a privilege for McKesson to

01:21:47.077 --> 01:21:49.188
play such an important role A to this

01:21:49.188 --> 01:21:51.410
time for our country . For those of you

01:21:51.410 --> 01:21:51.320
who are not familiar with McKesson ,

01:21:51.320 --> 01:21:53.376
where one of the largest health care

01:21:53.376 --> 01:21:55.487
companies in the world we are do lots

01:21:55.487 --> 01:21:57.153
of things are primary role is

01:21:57.153 --> 01:21:58.987
distributing pharmaceuticals and

01:21:58.987 --> 01:22:01.170
medical surgical supplies to and sites

01:22:01.170 --> 01:22:03.226
of care hospitals , physician office

01:22:03.226 --> 01:22:05.281
clinics , etcetera . We also have an

01:22:05.281 --> 01:22:07.770
extensive background in vaccines . Been

01:22:07.770 --> 01:22:10.070
the proud supporter of the 100 vaccines

01:22:10.070 --> 01:22:12.470
for Children's program for the last 13

01:22:12.470 --> 01:22:15.080
plus years , and we are the largest

01:22:15.080 --> 01:22:17.024
distributor of seasonal flu in the

01:22:17.024 --> 01:22:18.858
United States . We were also the

01:22:18.858 --> 01:22:21.080
centralized distributor for H one N one

01:22:21.080 --> 01:22:23.080
during that pandemic , and we stand

01:22:23.080 --> 01:22:25.247
ready to meet this moment right now in

01:22:25.247 --> 01:22:27.469
the time of co vid vaccine delivery for

01:22:27.469 --> 01:22:29.524
our country . So we have two primary

01:22:29.524 --> 01:22:31.358
roles . The first is centralized

01:22:31.358 --> 01:22:33.358
distributor of vaccines and insular

01:22:33.358 --> 01:22:35.247
split hits . The second is of the

01:22:35.247 --> 01:22:37.580
producer of those ancillary supply kits ,

01:22:37.580 --> 01:22:39.802
and that's where I want to start . I've

01:22:39.802 --> 01:22:42.024
actually got an example of the kit here

01:22:42.024 --> 01:22:44.080
that I can show on this very crowded

01:22:44.080 --> 01:22:46.191
table . You can see it will come in a

01:22:46.191 --> 01:22:48.413
box like this . We have produced enough

01:22:48.413 --> 01:22:50.469
of these kits to administer over 150

01:22:50.469 --> 01:22:52.413
million doses of vaccine . At this

01:22:52.413 --> 01:22:54.830
point , we've been , well , well , work

01:22:55.450 --> 01:22:57.672
manufacturing these kids for the better

01:22:57.672 --> 01:23:00.710
part of the last 2.5 months . And that

01:23:00.720 --> 01:23:02.810
kid right there will have enough

01:23:02.810 --> 01:23:05.440
supplies to administer 100 doses of

01:23:05.440 --> 01:23:07.640
vaccine , which is what will accompany

01:23:07.640 --> 01:23:10.270
most of the vaccine deliveries as part

01:23:10.270 --> 01:23:12.214
of this program . We're also doing

01:23:12.214 --> 01:23:14.410
another kid specific to Pfizer , which

01:23:14.410 --> 01:23:18.230
has the same , uh , supplies in it

01:23:18.230 --> 01:23:21.740
needle syringes , facemasks , shield

01:23:21.740 --> 01:23:24.300
face shield , alcohol , wipes , swabs ,

01:23:24.300 --> 01:23:28.030
etcetera and in enough quantities to

01:23:28.040 --> 01:23:30.710
meet the Pfizer minimum , which is 975

01:23:30.720 --> 01:23:34.130
doses . So we will be shipping , as you

01:23:34.130 --> 01:23:36.297
saw in the schematic , the Pfizer kits

01:23:36.297 --> 01:23:37.860
directly to the inside of

01:23:37.860 --> 01:23:39.990
administration , either in advance or

01:23:39.990 --> 01:23:42.101
at the same time to meet up with that

01:23:42.101 --> 01:23:44.440
Pfizer vaccine . And then we will be

01:23:44.450 --> 01:23:46.760
distributing that kit there , the 100

01:23:46.760 --> 01:23:50.120
dose kit to our vaccine facilities so

01:23:50.120 --> 01:23:52.176
that we can ultimately marry them up

01:23:52.176 --> 01:23:54.231
with the vaccines to send out to the

01:23:54.231 --> 01:23:56.342
inside administration . So that leads

01:23:56.342 --> 01:23:58.453
me to our second role , and that is a

01:23:58.453 --> 01:24:00.731
decentralized distributor and so there .

01:24:00.731 --> 01:24:02.953
I just want to point out a couple quick

01:24:02.953 --> 01:24:02.600
things . As you saw in this dramatic

01:24:02.600 --> 01:24:04.900
and heard from General Purna , we are

01:24:04.900 --> 01:24:07.011
not making any allocation decisions .

01:24:07.011 --> 01:24:09.122
That is all done by the CDC Operation

01:24:09.122 --> 01:24:11.122
Warp speed and the States and their

01:24:11.122 --> 01:24:13.233
plans . We are programmed . You heard

01:24:13.233 --> 01:24:15.344
50,000 sites . This program is set up

01:24:15.344 --> 01:24:17.480
to sit thio ship Thio any number of

01:24:17.480 --> 01:24:19.702
sites we could do hundreds of thousands

01:24:19.702 --> 01:24:21.813
of sites if necessary , effectively ,

01:24:21.813 --> 01:24:24.036
Anywhere where FedEx or UPS can go , we

01:24:24.036 --> 01:24:27.210
can get a vaccine . Um , so let me just

01:24:27.220 --> 01:24:29.276
quickly talk you through Moderna and

01:24:29.276 --> 01:24:31.276
how that process is gonna work . So

01:24:31.276 --> 01:24:33.331
Madonna will ship us bulk palette of

01:24:33.331 --> 01:24:34.998
product . We will ensure that

01:24:34.998 --> 01:24:37.053
temperature integrity was maintained

01:24:37.053 --> 01:24:39.220
during that shipment . We will quickly

01:24:39.220 --> 01:24:41.276
get it into a specially designed and

01:24:41.276 --> 01:24:43.220
custom built freezer in one of our

01:24:43.220 --> 01:24:45.387
multiple facilities that we have built

01:24:45.387 --> 01:24:47.553
to support nothing but covert vaccines

01:24:47.553 --> 01:24:50.250
that thes freezers have specialized

01:24:50.250 --> 01:24:52.740
monitoring and alarms to ensure cold

01:24:52.740 --> 01:24:54.907
chain integrity during the entire time

01:24:54.907 --> 01:24:57.280
it's with McKesson . From there we will

01:24:57.320 --> 01:24:59.610
take the orders in from the 100 in

01:24:59.610 --> 01:25:01.740
terms of numbers of doses and where

01:25:01.740 --> 01:25:03.907
they need to be shipped , we will pull

01:25:03.907 --> 01:25:05.740
those individual orders from the

01:25:05.740 --> 01:25:07.962
palette . Packed him into a specialized

01:25:07.962 --> 01:25:10.640
shipper , which this is the smallest

01:25:10.640 --> 01:25:12.696
frozen shipper these air also custom

01:25:12.696 --> 01:25:15.340
designed for this program . And then we

01:25:15.340 --> 01:25:18.290
will put in specialized , uh , cooling

01:25:18.300 --> 01:25:20.480
packs . We will not be using dry ice

01:25:20.480 --> 01:25:22.790
for any vaccine that McKesson Ships is

01:25:22.790 --> 01:25:24.901
part of this program . So Moderna and

01:25:24.901 --> 01:25:26.957
any other refrigerated vaccines on ,

01:25:26.957 --> 01:25:28.846
then last thing we'll do is put a

01:25:28.846 --> 01:25:30.790
temperature monitor in so that the

01:25:30.790 --> 01:25:32.790
first thing the site administration

01:25:32.790 --> 01:25:35.012
sees when they open it up is that there

01:25:35.012 --> 01:25:37.179
was no excursion on that product . And

01:25:37.179 --> 01:25:39.290
so that is the program . We are ready

01:25:39.290 --> 01:25:41.290
to start shipping both vaccines and

01:25:41.290 --> 01:25:43.401
ancillary supplies today , and a soon

01:25:43.401 --> 01:25:45.457
as there's an EU a outstanding thank

01:25:45.457 --> 01:25:47.679
you very much . I want to turn the next

01:25:47.679 --> 01:25:51.550
question Uh , Thio , Mr Smith as

01:25:51.550 --> 01:25:54.320
well as , uh , Mr Wheeler , FedEx and

01:25:54.320 --> 01:25:58.040
UPS . So everyone knows . And you heard

01:25:58.050 --> 01:26:00.340
the logistical challenges that were

01:26:00.340 --> 01:26:02.630
brought up by General Purna and

01:26:02.630 --> 01:26:05.030
everyone , particularly the cold chain

01:26:05.030 --> 01:26:07.730
requirements for Pfizer walk us through

01:26:07.730 --> 01:26:09.750
a bit on how each of your company's

01:26:09.760 --> 01:26:11.816
approach this problem and what steps

01:26:11.816 --> 01:26:14.038
are you doing to meet the challenges of

01:26:14.038 --> 01:26:16.204
this distribution and culture . Sure ,

01:26:16.204 --> 01:26:18.316
we're happy to take that and I'll tag

01:26:18.316 --> 01:26:21.840
team it with West . I'll start at the

01:26:21.850 --> 01:26:23.930
macro . First and foremost , this is

01:26:23.940 --> 01:26:26.162
who we are and what we do . This is not

01:26:26.162 --> 01:26:29.480
foreign to us . Uh , between us and UPS .

01:26:29.480 --> 01:26:32.130
We move million's of vaccines every

01:26:32.130 --> 01:26:34.940
year . So we're we have the network

01:26:34.950 --> 01:26:37.710
capabilities , um , connecting 220

01:26:37.710 --> 01:26:40.180
countries and territories , 99% of the

01:26:40.180 --> 01:26:42.180
world's GDP and servicing every zip

01:26:42.180 --> 01:26:44.347
code in the United States of America ,

01:26:44.347 --> 01:26:46.569
we have the cold chain infrastructure ,

01:26:46.569 --> 01:26:48.736
particularly in the event of some sort

01:26:48.736 --> 01:26:50.958
of a delay where weaken stage product ,

01:26:50.958 --> 01:26:53.013
even ultra cold freezers which we've

01:26:53.013 --> 01:26:55.180
been adding and UPS has been adding to

01:26:55.180 --> 01:26:57.347
support some of the mRNA vaccines that

01:26:57.347 --> 01:26:59.540
have those deep frozen or ultra cold

01:26:59.540 --> 01:27:03.400
requirements . And , um , uh , this is

01:27:03.410 --> 01:27:05.860
we plan for Serge events every year

01:27:05.870 --> 01:27:07.870
with our customers and these health

01:27:07.870 --> 01:27:09.926
care companies , the manufacturers ,

01:27:09.926 --> 01:27:11.870
the distributors there already our

01:27:11.870 --> 01:27:13.981
customers . So we know them well , we

01:27:13.981 --> 01:27:16.203
know their business well . We work well

01:27:16.203 --> 01:27:18.426
together and we plan for these things .

01:27:18.426 --> 01:27:20.481
Every year . We jump into action and

01:27:20.481 --> 01:27:22.592
use our networks in times of disaster

01:27:22.592 --> 01:27:24.814
relief . on deliver for good as we like

01:27:24.814 --> 01:27:26.481
to say it FedEx into affected

01:27:26.481 --> 01:27:29.050
communities . When that happens , eso

01:27:29.060 --> 01:27:31.338
We're well versed in planning for this .

01:27:31.338 --> 01:27:33.449
So we spent a lot of time on that . I

01:27:33.449 --> 01:27:36.080
think a lot of the , uh , onus on

01:27:36.080 --> 01:27:37.913
protecting the vaccine is on the

01:27:37.913 --> 01:27:40.024
packaging side . I know West is gonna

01:27:40.024 --> 01:27:41.969
talk a little bit too . That's all

01:27:41.969 --> 01:27:43.969
handed over to us . Sure . Thanks .

01:27:43.969 --> 01:27:46.024
Before we talk about the packaging I

01:27:46.024 --> 01:27:48.080
just wanted we've been involved with

01:27:48.080 --> 01:27:50.302
the pandemic since the very beginning ,

01:27:50.302 --> 01:27:53.330
with movement of over 20 million pounds

01:27:53.330 --> 01:27:55.497
of PPE into the country from China and

01:27:55.497 --> 01:27:57.497
all over the world were very , very

01:27:57.497 --> 01:27:59.608
much involved all the way through the

01:27:59.608 --> 01:28:01.497
process . Of course , then we got

01:28:01.497 --> 01:28:03.552
involved with a clinical trials , in

01:28:03.552 --> 01:28:05.663
fact , were the principal supplier of

01:28:05.663 --> 01:28:07.663
the logistics for fighters clinical

01:28:07.663 --> 01:28:09.886
trial . And some of that trial is still

01:28:09.886 --> 01:28:11.774
ongoing for some of the ancillary

01:28:11.774 --> 01:28:14.960
components Later on , we have worked as

01:28:14.960 --> 01:28:17.730
soon as is April . We started a full

01:28:17.730 --> 01:28:21.480
time vaccine task force started to look

01:28:21.480 --> 01:28:23.970
at all the various components . We

01:28:23.970 --> 01:28:26.081
mapped out tens of thousands of lanes

01:28:26.140 --> 01:28:28.251
across the country across the world .

01:28:28.251 --> 01:28:30.418
Very similar to what FedEx has done to

01:28:30.418 --> 01:28:32.362
make sure that we had the capacity

01:28:32.362 --> 01:28:34.251
across the United States in every

01:28:34.251 --> 01:28:37.080
single jurisdiction of the US , plus

01:28:37.080 --> 01:28:39.191
the world . So that's been what we've

01:28:39.191 --> 01:28:41.247
been doing to get ready for this . I

01:28:41.247 --> 01:28:43.413
think temperature control is something

01:28:43.413 --> 01:28:43.270
that's very , very important . We can

01:28:43.270 --> 01:28:45.492
talk about , perhaps Admiral Jar in the

01:28:45.492 --> 01:28:48.920
next segment . Fantastic .

01:28:48.930 --> 01:28:50.930
Um , I didn't know if you wanted to

01:28:50.930 --> 01:28:54.460
show us now , uh , about your the

01:28:54.460 --> 01:28:56.516
equipment , the shipper box . Such a

01:28:56.516 --> 01:28:58.682
broad . I think it's a good time to do

01:28:58.682 --> 01:28:58.450
that . Okay , I'm gonna I'm gonna ask

01:28:58.460 --> 01:29:00.793
Charlton , Come out for a second . Okay ,

01:29:00.793 --> 01:29:04.040
so we have we have 22 boxes here . This

01:29:04.050 --> 01:29:05.950
this is how fighters box will be

01:29:05.950 --> 01:29:08.420
shipped . Pfizer has designed this

01:29:08.420 --> 01:29:10.620
packaged exclusively for them and for

01:29:10.620 --> 01:29:12.680
the Pfizer vaccine . There's four

01:29:12.680 --> 01:29:14.847
components in the box with the thermal

01:29:14.847 --> 01:29:16.958
shipper . In the bottom . There's dry

01:29:16.958 --> 01:29:19.291
ice in the middle . There's the payload ,

01:29:19.291 --> 01:29:21.513
and on top is more dry ice . And on the

01:29:21.513 --> 01:29:23.760
very top of the box , you'll see you

01:29:23.760 --> 01:29:26.880
can show that here is a controlling

01:29:27.370 --> 01:29:30.550
device that contracts the GPS location

01:29:30.550 --> 01:29:33.300
of this box . Plus , there's a thermal

01:29:33.880 --> 01:29:35.936
temperature probe that goes into the

01:29:35.936 --> 01:29:38.158
payload to make sure the temperature at

01:29:38.158 --> 01:29:40.530
minus 70 degrees Celsius is actually

01:29:40.530 --> 01:29:42.697
maintained throughout the journey . So

01:29:42.697 --> 01:29:44.910
this box will be ready . They'll be

01:29:44.910 --> 01:29:47.180
shipped from two locations Michigan and

01:29:47.180 --> 01:29:49.550
Wisconsin . They'll come Thio our

01:29:49.550 --> 01:29:52.730
locations at FedEx and also at UPS in

01:29:52.730 --> 01:29:54.730
Louisville , Kentucky . And we will

01:29:54.730 --> 01:29:57.090
have all the data that comes from this

01:29:57.090 --> 01:30:00.000
box streaming into our command center .

01:30:00.460 --> 01:30:02.400
We have a 24 7 command center in

01:30:02.400 --> 01:30:04.400
Louisville , Kentucky , and all the

01:30:04.400 --> 01:30:06.630
data streaming in from that box will

01:30:06.630 --> 01:30:09.000
come into us in addition to our own

01:30:09.000 --> 01:30:11.333
tracking device , which you'll see here .

01:30:11.400 --> 01:30:13.622
This box actually went through a couple

01:30:13.622 --> 01:30:15.622
of tests recently . So you'll see .

01:30:15.622 --> 01:30:17.678
There's Ah , there's a tag on here .

01:30:17.960 --> 01:30:21.280
Where's the tag ? Sorry . Go over here

01:30:21.660 --> 01:30:23.950
on the other side . You get got the

01:30:23.950 --> 01:30:26.410
wrong side . This tag here has a

01:30:26.410 --> 01:30:29.090
multiple radios built into it . Every

01:30:29.090 --> 01:30:30.868
box will have one of these tags

01:30:30.868 --> 01:30:32.868
attached . And this tag is actually

01:30:32.868 --> 01:30:34.868
communicating to our command center

01:30:34.940 --> 01:30:37.570
every time it hits . Ah , ups location .

01:30:37.960 --> 01:30:40.071
So we'll have that data will have the

01:30:40.071 --> 01:30:42.238
fighter data . And on top of that , we

01:30:42.238 --> 01:30:44.750
have a century device which has trailed

01:30:44.750 --> 01:30:47.800
him to pull out this decision .

01:30:50.060 --> 01:30:52.540
This will also be attached to every

01:30:52.540 --> 01:30:54.484
trailer load that comes out of the

01:30:54.484 --> 01:30:56.373
fighter location and the maternal

01:30:56.373 --> 01:30:58.484
location and the McKesson location to

01:30:58.484 --> 01:31:00.950
give real time GPS data as well as

01:31:00.950 --> 01:31:02.990
temperature and shock and light

01:31:02.990 --> 01:31:05.230
exposure . So we have three ways of

01:31:05.230 --> 01:31:07.560
tracking the data every time a shipment

01:31:07.560 --> 01:31:10.700
moves . Now on top of that more .

01:31:11.530 --> 01:31:13.800
Once this arrives at each dose ing

01:31:13.800 --> 01:31:16.450
center around the country , ups will be

01:31:16.450 --> 01:31:19.430
shipping dry ice to replenish the box .

01:31:20.060 --> 01:31:22.190
So this this will start to sublimate

01:31:22.620 --> 01:31:24.342
after a few days , which means

01:31:24.342 --> 01:31:26.660
evaporate . And we will be shipping in

01:31:26.660 --> 01:31:30.590
this box dry ice about £42 of dry ice

01:31:30.810 --> 01:31:33.070
the day after . This has been something

01:31:33.070 --> 01:31:35.292
that General Pernas asked for something

01:31:35.292 --> 01:31:37.459
we've designed , and we're prepared to

01:31:37.459 --> 01:31:39.514
do this from Louisville , Kentucky ,

01:31:39.514 --> 01:31:41.626
and on top , we will be manufacturing

01:31:41.626 --> 01:31:45.470
£24,000 of dry ice per day . We

01:31:45.470 --> 01:31:47.780
expect that peak to be shipping about

01:31:47.800 --> 01:31:51.560
60 to £70,000 of dry ice per day in

01:31:51.560 --> 01:31:53.782
total . So that's how it's gonna work .

01:31:53.782 --> 01:31:56.340
Truly impressive . Very impressive .

01:31:56.360 --> 01:31:58.820
I'm gonna I want to get toe Richard in

01:31:58.820 --> 01:32:01.090
just a second because I want him thio

01:32:01.100 --> 01:32:03.550
talk about his tracking mechanisms and

01:32:03.550 --> 01:32:05.550
also with people ask me This is the

01:32:05.550 --> 01:32:07.550
busiest shipping time of the year .

01:32:07.550 --> 01:32:09.661
It's Christmas . How are you going to

01:32:09.661 --> 01:32:11.661
deal with saving the world with the

01:32:11.661 --> 01:32:13.883
pandemic and delivering at Christmas at

01:32:13.883 --> 01:32:15.994
the same time ? But I want to get I I

01:32:15.994 --> 01:32:18.106
want to get Thio Mark Casper Now from

01:32:18.106 --> 01:32:20.161
Thermo Fisher Aziz , the testing guy

01:32:20.161 --> 01:32:22.460
Thermo has been involved Ah lot making

01:32:22.460 --> 01:32:25.540
the machines that do PCR making the

01:32:25.540 --> 01:32:27.373
full service test in the tens of

01:32:27.373 --> 01:32:29.660
millions tens of millions of tubes of

01:32:29.660 --> 01:32:31.800
viral transport media . So we're on

01:32:31.800 --> 01:32:34.022
each other speed dial . But you're here

01:32:34.022 --> 01:32:36.189
in a different role because you have a

01:32:36.189 --> 01:32:38.300
big company and you make a lot of the

01:32:38.300 --> 01:32:40.522
hardware to keep stuff really cold . So

01:32:40.522 --> 01:32:42.522
why don't you talk to us about your

01:32:42.522 --> 01:32:44.522
ultra low temperature solutions and

01:32:44.522 --> 01:32:46.578
some of the devices that you brought

01:32:46.578 --> 01:32:48.578
here ? So , Admiral , thank you for

01:32:48.578 --> 01:32:50.522
hosting the panel and for all that

01:32:50.522 --> 01:32:52.633
you've done , uh , in the response to

01:32:52.633 --> 01:32:54.633
the pandemic . And I'd also like to

01:32:54.633 --> 01:32:56.467
thank President Trump , the vice

01:32:56.467 --> 01:32:56.310
president , pence and the entire

01:32:56.310 --> 01:32:58.690
administration for being in a position

01:32:58.690 --> 01:33:00.857
that we could be talking about vaccine

01:33:00.857 --> 01:33:02.968
distribution . Um and so few months .

01:33:02.968 --> 01:33:04.857
It's pretty , uh , pretty amazing

01:33:04.860 --> 01:33:06.760
opportunity to do so . So therm

01:33:06.760 --> 01:33:09.160
official Scientific , um , has been

01:33:09.160 --> 01:33:11.600
very involved in the pandemic response .

01:33:11.600 --> 01:33:13.822
As you said . In fact , our microscopes

01:33:13.822 --> 01:33:15.767
were used to actually identify the

01:33:15.767 --> 01:33:17.822
spike protein and a spike protein is

01:33:17.822 --> 01:33:19.878
what the vaccine then ultimately was

01:33:19.878 --> 01:33:22.044
able to target all the way through the

01:33:22.044 --> 01:33:24.267
testing with PCR and in many aspects of

01:33:24.267 --> 01:33:26.378
the vaccine therapy in terms of using

01:33:26.378 --> 01:33:28.544
our factories to produce the product a

01:33:28.544 --> 01:33:30.711
zealous raw materials in the product .

01:33:30.711 --> 01:33:32.544
But today , when you think about

01:33:32.544 --> 01:33:34.767
vaccine distribution , um , it's really

01:33:34.767 --> 01:33:37.670
about ultra cold storage . And we in 19

01:33:37.670 --> 01:33:40.390
fifties actually started in the process

01:33:40.390 --> 01:33:42.720
of supplying laboratories with ultra

01:33:42.830 --> 01:33:46.160
ultra low temperature freezers minus 80

01:33:46.160 --> 01:33:49.180
minus 86 degrees temperature freezers

01:33:49.180 --> 01:33:51.291
so you could store these vaccines and

01:33:51.291 --> 01:33:54.360
other biological samples , and our team

01:33:54.360 --> 01:33:56.471
around the world is ready . In fact ,

01:33:56.471 --> 01:33:58.693
we have made significant investments in

01:33:58.693 --> 01:34:00.693
our facilities in Asheville , North

01:34:00.693 --> 01:34:02.860
Carolina , Marriott Ohio , um , adding

01:34:02.860 --> 01:34:05.027
American jobs and millions of millions

01:34:05.027 --> 01:34:07.082
of dollars of investment to be ready

01:34:07.082 --> 01:34:09.249
for this day . In fact , when we heard

01:34:09.249 --> 01:34:11.471
about Operation Warp Speed , we started

01:34:11.471 --> 01:34:13.416
the hiring because we knew that we

01:34:13.416 --> 01:34:15.249
needed to be ready . So when the

01:34:15.249 --> 01:34:14.790
vaccine was ready , therm official was

01:34:14.790 --> 01:34:17.910
ready . And in this vaccine storage

01:34:17.920 --> 01:34:20.110
unit , the social low temperature unit

01:34:20.110 --> 01:34:22.130
made in North Carolina , Um ,

01:34:22.140 --> 01:34:24.196
effectively , you could stroke about

01:34:24.196 --> 01:34:26.280
5000 doses and the typical ones you

01:34:26.280 --> 01:34:29.350
construct about 300,000 doses , and I

01:34:29.350 --> 01:34:31.572
will keep it safe and just open up . So

01:34:31.572 --> 01:34:33.683
you get a sense of at least the scale

01:34:33.683 --> 01:34:36.160
of it . Um , which is here . And , um ,

01:34:36.170 --> 01:34:38.392
inside you can store those those 5000 ,

01:34:38.392 --> 01:34:41.930
uh , doses . So we're ready . And as

01:34:41.930 --> 01:34:44.420
the requirements are needed , uh , will

01:34:44.420 --> 01:34:47.000
be there to support the efforts of the

01:34:47.000 --> 01:34:49.420
government . Thank you very much for

01:34:49.420 --> 01:34:51.531
that . So I'm going to get back to Mr

01:34:51.531 --> 01:34:53.864
Smith . So let me rephrase the question .

01:34:53.864 --> 01:34:56.087
How are you going to keep General Purna

01:34:56.087 --> 01:34:58.253
and Santa Claus both happy at the same

01:34:58.253 --> 01:35:00.142
time ? Sure . Well , you may have

01:35:00.142 --> 01:35:02.364
noticed when you see our trucks running

01:35:02.364 --> 01:35:02.260
around your neighborhoods , some of

01:35:02.260 --> 01:35:04.370
them say FedEx ground . Some of them

01:35:04.370 --> 01:35:07.220
say FedEx Express . The FedEx Express

01:35:07.220 --> 01:35:09.442
Network is the original Federal Express

01:35:09.442 --> 01:35:11.553
company that was founded in Memphis ,

01:35:11.553 --> 01:35:13.442
Tennessee , in 1973 and pioneered

01:35:13.442 --> 01:35:15.220
absolutely positively overnight

01:35:15.220 --> 01:35:17.498
delivery . That is where you ship time .

01:35:17.498 --> 01:35:19.442
Definite critical shipments , like

01:35:19.442 --> 01:35:21.660
vaccines , are ground system is where

01:35:21.660 --> 01:35:23.882
the bulk of your Christmas presents and

01:35:23.882 --> 01:35:26.049
most of the online commerce surge that

01:35:26.049 --> 01:35:28.049
we've seen . That's who's out there

01:35:28.049 --> 01:35:30.160
delivering that . So running discreet

01:35:30.160 --> 01:35:32.160
networks gives us the focus and the

01:35:32.160 --> 01:35:34.216
ability to make these vaccines a top

01:35:34.216 --> 01:35:36.049
priority for us . Secondly , you

01:35:36.049 --> 01:35:38.216
touched on our tracking and monitoring

01:35:38.216 --> 01:35:40.440
solution . This is the most , uh , this

01:35:40.440 --> 01:35:42.780
is our patented sense where I d the

01:35:42.780 --> 01:35:45.450
latest and greatest in positive control .

01:35:45.460 --> 01:35:47.740
It gives us really time visibility toe ,

01:35:47.750 --> 01:35:50.050
every shipment we pick up so our

01:35:50.050 --> 01:35:52.460
couriers will affix these tags toe

01:35:52.460 --> 01:35:54.580
every box . Our priority alert agents

01:35:54.580 --> 01:35:57.120
will be sitting in a 24 by 73 65

01:35:57.120 --> 01:36:00.450
command center monitoring based on both

01:36:00.460 --> 01:36:03.890
the traditional scan data and the real

01:36:03.890 --> 01:36:07.250
time since where I d node data . But

01:36:07.630 --> 01:36:09.852
even more importantly than that is what

01:36:09.852 --> 01:36:11.908
we call FedEx surround . It is a new

01:36:11.908 --> 01:36:13.686
platform that we've launched in

01:36:13.686 --> 01:36:15.908
collaboration with Microsoft , which we

01:36:15.908 --> 01:36:18.019
announced earlier this year . It uses

01:36:18.019 --> 01:36:20.241
all of that data that we generate every

01:36:20.241 --> 01:36:22.352
day to give us predictive analytics .

01:36:22.352 --> 01:36:25.240
So there's that package is in danger of

01:36:25.240 --> 01:36:27.590
failing . They can jump into action and

01:36:27.590 --> 01:36:29.930
intercede before a failure occurs .

01:36:30.530 --> 01:36:33.640
That is a very profound leap forward

01:36:33.640 --> 01:36:35.910
and evolutionary leap , if you will in

01:36:35.910 --> 01:36:37.860
track and trace technology , and I

01:36:37.860 --> 01:36:39.860
think it is the future . We're very

01:36:39.860 --> 01:36:42.082
proud of it , and we're debuting it and

01:36:42.082 --> 01:36:43.971
using it in conjunction with this

01:36:43.971 --> 01:36:46.027
vaccine distribution . So I think we

01:36:46.027 --> 01:36:48.249
have time for a couple more questions .

01:36:48.249 --> 01:36:50.249
I'll just ask . Generally , we know

01:36:50.249 --> 01:36:52.304
this is your business , all of you .

01:36:52.304 --> 01:36:54.471
This is what you do . But did you have

01:36:54.471 --> 01:36:56.471
to do any special training for your

01:36:56.471 --> 01:36:58.693
employees , your pilots , anyone in the

01:36:58.693 --> 01:37:00.860
system to get ready for this mission ?

01:37:00.860 --> 01:37:02.804
Maybe we could start with McKesson

01:37:02.804 --> 01:37:02.760
first . Yeah , sure . You know , as you

01:37:02.760 --> 01:37:04.704
mentioned , this is something that

01:37:04.704 --> 01:37:06.538
we're quite familiar with . Very

01:37:06.538 --> 01:37:08.482
extensive experience in vaccines ,

01:37:08.482 --> 01:37:10.704
although this is a unique environment .

01:37:10.704 --> 01:37:12.593
So it's a couple things . One the

01:37:12.593 --> 01:37:14.750
modern A vaccine given its need to be

01:37:14.750 --> 01:37:16.972
stored and distributed that negative 15

01:37:16.972 --> 01:37:18.880
negative 25 range . We had two

01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:20.769
specially trained get equipment ,

01:37:20.769 --> 01:37:23.490
especially train our employees to work

01:37:23.500 --> 01:37:25.722
and operate in that environment , cause

01:37:25.722 --> 01:37:27.778
we're actually taking the doses from

01:37:27.778 --> 01:37:29.889
that bulk palette and putting it into

01:37:29.889 --> 01:37:31.944
the packages within the freezer . So

01:37:31.944 --> 01:37:34.111
you can imagine . You can only do that

01:37:34.111 --> 01:37:33.980
for a certain period of time , maybe 15 ,

01:37:33.980 --> 01:37:36.091
20 minutes . You have to rotate out .

01:37:36.091 --> 01:37:38.202
But other than that , the rest of the

01:37:38.202 --> 01:37:40.424
program is really as we do . We're just

01:37:40.424 --> 01:37:42.702
doing it at a bigger scale . Fantastic .

01:37:42.702 --> 01:37:46.070
Anyone else ? E . I'll add to

01:37:46.070 --> 01:37:49.450
that . Of course , we have 3000 pilots

01:37:49.450 --> 01:37:52.750
in the US We will land 4 to 500 flights

01:37:52.750 --> 01:37:55.350
per day and take off every night from

01:37:55.350 --> 01:37:58.070
Louisville , Kentucky . We shipped 60

01:37:58.070 --> 01:38:00.850
million flu vaccines a year . We're

01:38:00.850 --> 01:38:03.017
very good at this . We know it handled

01:38:03.017 --> 01:38:05.183
biologic drugs . This happened to be a

01:38:05.183 --> 01:38:07.017
pretty specialized biologic drug

01:38:07.017 --> 01:38:09.239
because it's kept it very , very , very

01:38:09.239 --> 01:38:11.239
low temperatures . So the one thing

01:38:11.239 --> 01:38:13.294
we've had to do is make sure that we

01:38:13.294 --> 01:38:15.072
have enough dry ice capacity on

01:38:15.072 --> 01:38:17.294
aircraft . And then we know exactly how

01:38:17.294 --> 01:38:19.730
to handle the special tracking devices

01:38:19.730 --> 01:38:21.897
that I explained earlier on that box .

01:38:22.320 --> 01:38:24.810
Yeah , Similar Toe West . We worked

01:38:24.810 --> 01:38:27.660
with the FAA over the years to safely

01:38:27.670 --> 01:38:29.670
raise the threshold in terms of how

01:38:29.670 --> 01:38:31.448
much drives we can carry on our

01:38:31.448 --> 01:38:33.337
aircraft . We've installed CO two

01:38:33.337 --> 01:38:35.503
monitors and the cruise air well burst

01:38:35.503 --> 01:38:37.114
and trained for all sorts of

01:38:37.114 --> 01:38:39.450
eventualities . We have DJ specialists

01:38:39.450 --> 01:38:41.506
in our operations who are trained in

01:38:41.506 --> 01:38:43.610
handling dries and dangerous goods

01:38:43.640 --> 01:38:46.640
packages s Oh , this is not new to us .

01:38:46.650 --> 01:38:49.310
Just like our steam competitors . Over

01:38:49.310 --> 01:38:51.366
here , we handle millions of vaccine

01:38:51.366 --> 01:38:53.254
shipments and biologics and other

01:38:53.254 --> 01:38:55.199
things that have tight temperature

01:38:55.199 --> 01:38:57.366
control requirements every year . Mark

01:38:57.366 --> 01:38:59.421
anything from your side , you know ,

01:38:59.421 --> 01:39:01.540
because of the ramp up of hiring over

01:39:01.540 --> 01:39:03.660
5000 new employees this year in the

01:39:03.660 --> 01:39:06.030
response , the training efforts have

01:39:06.030 --> 01:39:08.330
been monumental . And we have a

01:39:08.340 --> 01:39:10.340
phenomenal team , and I couldn't be

01:39:10.340 --> 01:39:12.562
more grateful because their work that's

01:39:12.562 --> 01:39:14.618
actually put me on the stage right ?

01:39:14.618 --> 01:39:16.840
And it's all of their hard efforts that

01:39:16.840 --> 01:39:19.007
has given us the opportunity to play a

01:39:19.007 --> 01:39:21.007
role in this response . Fantastic .

01:39:21.007 --> 01:39:23.118
Alright . Did you have I'm just gonna

01:39:23.118 --> 01:39:25.284
mention in terms of scale , remember ,

01:39:25.284 --> 01:39:27.396
this is a peak period for us for both

01:39:27.396 --> 01:39:29.507
FedEx and UPS . We shipped 34 million

01:39:29.507 --> 01:39:31.520
packages yesterday , so we're

01:39:31.520 --> 01:39:33.742
estimating that the number of shipments

01:39:33.742 --> 01:39:36.890
required for vaccine very small amount .

01:39:36.900 --> 01:39:39.090
This is a a small fraction of what we

01:39:39.090 --> 01:39:42.380
do every day on the next panel . And we

01:39:42.380 --> 01:39:44.850
know this is ah , The goal is to get

01:39:44.860 --> 01:39:46.860
needles in people's arms , get them

01:39:46.860 --> 01:39:49.150
safe , save lives . Um , we're gonna be

01:39:49.150 --> 01:39:51.261
working with retailers like Walgreens

01:39:51.261 --> 01:39:54.440
and CVS , and , uh , I think would be

01:39:54.440 --> 01:39:56.162
interesting to the audience to

01:39:56.162 --> 01:39:58.329
understand what kind of interactions ,

01:39:58.329 --> 01:40:00.496
if any , you have with them on a daily

01:40:00.496 --> 01:40:02.710
basis , what you've had to build . And

01:40:02.710 --> 01:40:04.766
I bet Thermos supplying something to

01:40:04.766 --> 01:40:06.932
them a zwelling . So maybe we'll start

01:40:06.932 --> 01:40:09.043
with Thermo and then go around Yeah ,

01:40:09.043 --> 01:40:11.210
way prepared our cold storage products

01:40:11.210 --> 01:40:13.650
to be ready , um , to support the

01:40:13.660 --> 01:40:15.882
distribution networks on the retailer's

01:40:15.882 --> 01:40:17.827
eso . We've had , you know , close

01:40:17.827 --> 01:40:19.716
contact with them and will supply

01:40:19.716 --> 01:40:21.938
whatever they need . Yeah , there there

01:40:21.938 --> 01:40:24.104
are customers . We know them well , we

01:40:24.104 --> 01:40:26.271
partner with them for on site pickup .

01:40:26.271 --> 01:40:29.160
They actually act as retail access

01:40:29.160 --> 01:40:31.271
points for our networks where you can

01:40:31.271 --> 01:40:33.382
pick up and deliver your package . Is

01:40:33.382 --> 01:40:35.330
that Walgreens or CVS ? So we know

01:40:35.330 --> 01:40:37.330
their business . Well , we're going

01:40:37.330 --> 01:40:39.552
there every single day . Yeah , I think

01:40:39.552 --> 01:40:42.200
we have 10,000 CVS stores in our in our

01:40:42.200 --> 01:40:44.033
database and we'll be delivering

01:40:44.033 --> 01:40:46.144
starting General Purna . Hopefully in

01:40:46.144 --> 01:40:48.367
the next couple of days were prepared .

01:40:48.367 --> 01:40:50.478
We're ready , and we're excited about

01:40:50.478 --> 01:40:52.311
that . And on behalf of the half

01:40:52.311 --> 01:40:54.533
million ups er's in our company . We're

01:40:54.533 --> 01:40:56.478
extremely proud to be part of this

01:40:56.478 --> 01:40:58.478
operation and really thank you very

01:40:58.478 --> 01:41:00.750
much and just tend . You know , CBS is

01:41:00.750 --> 01:41:02.861
our largest customer , actually , and

01:41:02.861 --> 01:41:04.694
we also work with Walgreens . We

01:41:04.694 --> 01:41:06.694
deliver pharmaceutical products and

01:41:06.694 --> 01:41:08.917
supplies to those companies every day ,

01:41:08.917 --> 01:41:08.870
so we have an extensive relationship

01:41:08.870 --> 01:41:10.650
with them . I can tell you this

01:41:10.650 --> 01:41:13.260
discussion . I had great confidence ,

01:41:13.260 --> 01:41:15.620
but it also reinforces that this is

01:41:15.620 --> 01:41:18.160
what you do , right . It's It's like me

01:41:18.160 --> 01:41:20.104
and a za pediatrician looking in a

01:41:20.104 --> 01:41:22.327
child's years . This is what I do every

01:41:22.327 --> 01:41:24.493
single day . This is what you do , and

01:41:24.493 --> 01:41:26.827
the scale is larger in the complexities .

01:41:26.827 --> 01:41:28.993
Higher . But I have great confidence .

01:41:28.993 --> 01:41:31.049
Azaz the American people should miss

01:41:31.049 --> 01:41:33.830
asked the last question . Um , and a

01:41:33.840 --> 01:41:35.896
couple of you said you might want to

01:41:35.896 --> 01:41:38.007
take this , and if you don't , that's

01:41:38.007 --> 01:41:41.340
fine . Any myths you wanna bust ? Uh ,

01:41:41.810 --> 01:41:43.860
how much time do you have ? We only

01:41:43.860 --> 01:41:45.860
have , I think , about five minutes

01:41:45.860 --> 01:41:48.082
left but missed the bus because I think

01:41:48.082 --> 01:41:50.193
it's very important because the rumor

01:41:50.193 --> 01:41:52.304
Mills gets out there . You know , the

01:41:52.304 --> 01:41:54.416
Twitter machine is kind of crazy , so

01:41:54.416 --> 01:41:56.638
let's bust the myths . So let me let me

01:41:56.638 --> 01:41:58.860
start with the one that's probably most

01:41:58.860 --> 01:42:00.749
in our wheelhouse as an airline .

01:42:00.749 --> 01:42:02.916
Obviously , there's others out there .

01:42:02.916 --> 01:42:05.138
There's not enough dries in the world .

01:42:05.138 --> 01:42:07.360
There's not enough gloves , but there's

01:42:07.360 --> 01:42:09.582
not enough air cargo capacity out there

01:42:09.582 --> 01:42:11.527
to handle this . So I've seen some

01:42:11.527 --> 01:42:13.582
studies that say you need 8000 jumbo

01:42:13.582 --> 01:42:15.804
jets . Some say Triple Seven . Some say

01:42:15.804 --> 01:42:17.971
7 40 sevens . Those are very different

01:42:17.971 --> 01:42:20.027
units of capacity , by the way . But

01:42:20.027 --> 01:42:22.027
let's just say widebody aircraft at

01:42:22.027 --> 01:42:24.304
FedEx . We operate 8000 flights a week ,

01:42:24.304 --> 01:42:27.320
32,000 flights a month of those half of

01:42:27.320 --> 01:42:29.550
those air widebody aircraft . So if we

01:42:29.550 --> 01:42:31.717
dedicated our network to it , we could

01:42:31.717 --> 01:42:33.883
deliver all the world's vaccines based

01:42:33.883 --> 01:42:36.106
on those studies , which , by the way ,

01:42:36.106 --> 01:42:38.272
are very flawed because they use a lot

01:42:38.272 --> 01:42:40.494
of assumptions that aren't aren't valid

01:42:40.494 --> 01:42:42.606
because of all the different vaccines

01:42:42.606 --> 01:42:42.250
in different packaging dimensions . But

01:42:42.250 --> 01:42:44.540
let's assume they are by that . By

01:42:44.540 --> 01:42:46.650
those studies , we could deliver all

01:42:46.650 --> 01:42:48.900
the world's vaccines using just our

01:42:48.900 --> 01:42:51.180
network in a couple of weeks because

01:42:51.180 --> 01:42:53.291
you don't fly an airplane just once ,

01:42:53.291 --> 01:42:55.460
right ? You fly at multiple times , so

01:42:55.470 --> 01:42:57.637
that is a huge myth that's out there .

01:42:57.637 --> 01:42:59.748
There is plenty of air cargo capacity

01:42:59.748 --> 01:43:01.692
in our network and our competitors

01:43:01.692 --> 01:43:04.026
networks toe handle this . And remember ,

01:43:04.026 --> 01:43:05.914
it's not all going to hit us on a

01:43:05.914 --> 01:43:07.970
Tuesday . It's a function of time is

01:43:07.970 --> 01:43:09.970
gonna come over time . So we've got

01:43:09.970 --> 01:43:11.970
this . Relax . It's FedEx and UPS .

01:43:11.970 --> 01:43:14.450
I've seen that myth been propagated

01:43:14.450 --> 01:43:16.672
this weekend . So thanks for clarifying

01:43:16.672 --> 01:43:18.839
that you have one . Well , I think the

01:43:18.839 --> 01:43:21.061
perception that everything travels in a

01:43:21.061 --> 01:43:22.950
temperature controlled vehicle or

01:43:22.950 --> 01:43:25.117
aircraft is we have that . Of course ,

01:43:25.117 --> 01:43:27.228
we do that every day with many , many

01:43:27.228 --> 01:43:29.006
products . In this case , these

01:43:29.006 --> 01:43:31.117
vaccines temperature is controlled in

01:43:31.117 --> 01:43:33.283
the box . The box has been designed to

01:43:33.283 --> 01:43:35.450
maintain temperature for 10 days , and

01:43:35.450 --> 01:43:37.617
I didn't show this before , but that's

01:43:37.617 --> 01:43:39.839
a two mil vile right there . And we can

01:43:39.839 --> 01:43:42.700
put up to 5000 doses in that box , and

01:43:42.700 --> 01:43:44.811
so the temperature will be maintained

01:43:44.811 --> 01:43:47.090
for 10 days , and we will have the dry

01:43:47.090 --> 01:43:49.257
ice to replenish if necessary . So the

01:43:49.257 --> 01:43:51.610
myth that we can't move temperature

01:43:51.610 --> 01:43:53.410
controlled stuff in temperature

01:43:53.410 --> 01:43:55.466
controlled vehicles just not right .

01:43:55.466 --> 01:43:57.920
This is how we're doing it . Fantastic .

01:43:58.800 --> 01:44:01.770
They said it Well , Any myths from you ?

01:44:01.780 --> 01:44:04.550
Well , I just want to say , um I want

01:44:04.550 --> 01:44:06.390
to thank all of you and all your

01:44:06.390 --> 01:44:08.890
employees . Um , when they get up in

01:44:08.890 --> 01:44:11.400
the morning , I hope when you ask them

01:44:11.400 --> 01:44:13.622
what they're doing , you know , they're

01:44:13.622 --> 01:44:15.511
not loading an aircraft . They're

01:44:15.511 --> 01:44:17.733
saving lives . They're saving thousands

01:44:17.733 --> 01:44:19.789
of lives . Their contribution is his

01:44:19.789 --> 01:44:21.956
vital is anybody with a stethoscope or

01:44:21.956 --> 01:44:24.067
immunizing someone . And I could just

01:44:24.067 --> 01:44:25.956
say , having worked with all your

01:44:25.956 --> 01:44:28.178
companies since , Really day one , this

01:44:28.178 --> 01:44:30.233
pandemic . I want to sincerely thank

01:44:30.233 --> 01:44:32.400
you . On behalf of the American people

01:44:32.400 --> 01:44:34.456
are service and everyone you serve .

01:44:34.456 --> 01:44:36.630
Yeah , Thank you . Okay .

01:44:43.090 --> 01:44:45.540
And I think we're gonna have back to Mr

01:44:45.540 --> 01:44:46.030
Mango .

01:44:50.090 --> 01:44:52.090
Okay . Thank you , Admiral Gerard .

01:44:52.090 --> 01:44:55.150
Thank you , gentlemen . Um , I think

01:44:55.160 --> 01:44:57.160
the point about we're building on a

01:44:57.160 --> 01:45:00.270
foundation were the

01:45:00.270 --> 01:45:02.540
beneficiaries of investment and

01:45:02.540 --> 01:45:04.540
innovation has taken place for many

01:45:04.540 --> 01:45:06.429
decades with the best transported

01:45:06.429 --> 01:45:08.762
package delivery companies in the world .

01:45:08.762 --> 01:45:10.929
I think you got a taste of that . It's

01:45:10.929 --> 01:45:12.929
time for a break . Um , I learned a

01:45:12.929 --> 01:45:15.040
long time ago Not to say come back in

01:45:15.040 --> 01:45:17.040
15 minutes , because everyone has a

01:45:17.040 --> 01:45:19.262
different definition of 15 minutes . So

01:45:19.262 --> 01:45:22.070
how about four ? 10 will come back at 4

01:45:22.070 --> 01:45:25.220
10 . There are folks . There are

01:45:25.220 --> 01:45:27.970
restrooms on both sides for men and for

01:45:27.970 --> 01:45:30.192
ladies . Uh , there's a couple of White

01:45:30.192 --> 01:45:32.414
House interns that will help you get to

01:45:32.414 --> 01:45:34.581
the restrooms and back , but please be

01:45:34.581 --> 01:45:35.720
back in your seat at 4 . 10 .