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On the recordJuly 21, 2020
Operation Warp Speed is an unprecedented public-private partnership to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. One of the goals of this program is to have 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccine by January 2021. Next week, Moderna plans to start a phase 3 trial. Two other companies are right behind, expecting to begin phase 3 within weeks. The speed which the process has taken is truly ``warp speed.'' This could not occur without the private sector and the Federal Government working hand in hand on this herculean effort. Companies are taking enormous financial risks to conduct research, develop vaccine candidates, and create more manufacturing capacity at record speed. The Federal Government has poured billions more into the vaccine effort, yet countries like China are trying to steal America's work in developing a COVID vaccine for their benefit. As confirmed by intelligence agencies--DHS and FBI--the Chinese Government, the Russian Government, and other hackers are trying to steal intellectual property and Americans' health data related to vaccine treatments, testing from COVID-19 researchers. In fact, DOJ charged Chinese hackers just 3 hours ago. Since the start of this crisis, the Chinese Communist Party has done everything they can to prevent the world from responding to and recovering from the pandemic.…
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Mark Green
Republican · Tennessee
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Jul 21, 2020

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