of operation warp speed. four of the five drug companies received taxpayer money to find a vaccine. today. two of those companies told congress they will offer the vaccine for free or at cost. [dr. gupta] the government was able to make a lot of at-risk investments/bets on all these various vaccine candidates. it was very expensive to do that, to either fund the research or buy a product that hadn t even been developed. [tom] a $2 billion agreement with pfizer and a smaller german company. it s the biggest deal yet in the government s operation warp speed. that was a very risky financial decision that worked out absolutely wonderfully. [tom] even before fda approval, pfizer, merck, astrazeneca, moderna and johnson & johnson all plan to ramp up production to meet global demand. rather than waiting for it to go through the trials, we began immediate manufacturing the vaccine, stockpiling, if you will, millions and millions of shots. and at the same time, we continued through
see the the science and the fda, if we see the supreme court allow this to see the supreme court allow this to go forward in any form, it could this to go forward in any form, it could he this to go forward in any form, it could be open hunting season on other it could be open hunting season on other drugs, covid vaccines, messenger on other drugs, covid vaccines, messenger rna technologies and things messenger rna technologies and things like that. if there is one things like that. if there is one shining star in america s administrative law is that the fda administrative law is that the fda should set a national uniform fda should set a national uniform standard for drugs and vaccines uniform standard for drugs and vaccines throughout the united states vaccines throughout the united states based on science and nothing states based on science and nothing but science. judges are nothing but science. judges are not scientists, they are not fit to not scientists, t