Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

#WarpSpeed Slaoui says he just learned about @SteveFDA at White House today on #COVID19 #vaccines.
What we need is good science, good focus.
Says "don't know" of the tensions between FDA/White House.

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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1333772924096892931

#WarpSpeed Slaoui: #FDA should be doing a thorough job to ensure review of #COVID19 #vaccines are complete/scientifically driven.
Then #VRBPAC & come to appropriate decision.
Says nothing in his interactions that it was sped up or slowed down.
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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: #FDA has always been on outside of this integrated coalition [Warp Speed]
Our interactions have been very few/from time to time sought advice on trial design or if placebo recipients should be immunized.

[Note @DrWoodcockFDA on Warp Speed]
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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: Our plan is to be as soon as approval is granted shipments start immediately after. Shipped to sites through FedEx, UPS, etc
Ancillary materials: syringes, swabs, etc. already shipped or are being shipped.
So within 24-48hrs after approval in arms.
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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: We stay completely out of the politics. Work doesn't depend on White House intervention.
Says he's had very limited interaction with Scott Atlas. Only personally met once.
Would resign if political interference.
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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: The data are very clear. The power of data comes from fact two different vaccines from two different companies yielding remarkable data.
Really robust data.
He notes 100% efficacy for $MRNA vaccine in severe #COVID19 vaccine.

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui notes adverse events in $PFE $BNTX & $MRNA/ #NIH #COVID19 #vaccines has been mostly pain at injection site, some redness, fever, some chills, some muscle ache & some headache.
Majority of recipients have no adverse events.
Only time will tell on AEs.
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#WarpSpeed Slaoui insists "nothing special" in adverse events for #COVID19 #vaccines.

But …
science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65…

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: Any advice we can give to others we will.
We will need a lot of doses to immunize almost 8 billion on Earth.

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: Each of 6 U.S. contracted has capability to make 500M & 1B #COVID19 #vaccines doses by time 2021 completed.
Hope by mid-2022 most of the world would have been immunized against

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: Our plans with 6 or maybe only 4 we will have produced enough vaccine to immunize U.S. population [by June 2021]

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Vaccines allocation? Who should be last?
#WarpSpeed Slaoui: We should end with pediatric/young, very healthy populations
We should start with those most impacted.
Frail/elderly & health care workers/front line dealing with #COVID19 patients.

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: There's social responsibility for everyone to really think hard before not taking #COVID19 vaccine.
Killed many more than many wars.
Turned economy upside-down
Listen to the data & allow yourself to understand performance. If do, will feel confident.

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Wow, #WarpSpeed Slaoui says he's still not been in contact with #BidenHarrisTransition about #COVID19 & Warp Speed project.

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui: Going to need help with administration -- whichever it is -- current one & next one.

Repeats his goal was to only stay with Warp Speed until 2 #COVID19 drugs OK'd [done] & 2 #vaccines, expect in Dec.
[he's said this a few times already]

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#WarpSpeed Slaoui says expects after Christmas his involvement only sporadic from time to time
Leaving has nothing to do with transition.
Says he's "much more aligned with the future administration" than current Trump.
But time to move on & go back to personal life.
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