Warp Speed’s Slaoui says he looks forward to working with Biden team on vaccine distribution
By John Wagner and Paulina Villegas
Moncef Slaoui, the top scientist for Operation Warp Speed, the effort launched under President Trump to accelerate the availability of coronavirus vaccines, said Tuesday that he looks forward to “sharing all information and working together” with the Biden transition team at a meeting later this week.
Slaoui, appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” confirmed a meeting planned for Thursday.
“We look forward to sharing all information and working together,” he said. “Our objective has always been outside of politics and making sure we make available these vaccines for the U.S. people, and that’s what we’re doing.”
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos then asked Slaoui to comment on Trump’s planned executive order prioritizing U.S. access to coronavirus vaccines before the United States helps other countries.
“Frankly, I don’t know. And frankly, I’m staying out of this. I can’t comment. I literally don’t know,” Slaoui responded.
His comments came hours before a White House event to tout the Trump administration’s progress on vaccines.