Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, said he was among several governors deceived by federal officials about availability of a strategic supply of doses .
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Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official at Operation Warp Speed.
Polis shocked we were lied to after being told federal vaccine reserve does not exist
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DENVER â Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Friday he was âshocked we were lied toâ after The Washington Post reported, and an Operation Warp Speed official confirmed, that there is no stockpile reserve of vaccine doses that the Health and Human Services secretary promised earlier this week would soon be released.