Moncef Slaoui wakes up at 2:30 a.m.
That’s among the details the former GlaxoSmithKline executive divulges on his work leading Operation Warp Speed in a podcast interview with the Department of Health and Human Services’ head of public affairs.
The conversation delves into the workings of Warp Speed, a pan-agency effort to speed up the development of treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, before turning into media criticism. HHS's Michael Caputo, erstwhile food photographer and podcast host, says “I'm convinced that the reporters don't want a vaccine, sir,” and Slaoui explains that he was personally offended by a July 15 New York Times story pointing out that he is not required to make routine ethics disclosures or divest any of his stock in companies working on Covid-19, a potential conflict of interest. And then things took a turn.
“If I had the possibility, I would like someday to sit down with the journalist that wrote that, and look at that person in the face, and ask that person, ‘I know what I have been doing for now 10 weeks in this role, day and night. I know what I'm doing every day to try and help all the population, including you journalists. What have you been doing?’” Slaoui said.
The conversation delves into the workings of Warp Speed, a pan-agency effort to speed up the development of treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, before turning into media criticism. HHS's Michael Caputo, erstwhile food photographer and podcast host, says “I'm convinced that the reporters don't want a vaccine, sir,” and Slaoui explains that he was personally offended by a July 15 New York Times story pointing out that he is not required to make routine ethics disclosures or divest any of his stock in companies working on Covid-19, a potential conflict of interest. And then things took a turn.
“If I had the possibility, I would like someday to sit down with the journalist that wrote that, and look at that person in the face, and ask that person, ‘I know what I have been doing for now 10 weeks in this role, day and night. I know what I'm doing every day to try and help all the population, including you journalists. What have you been doing?’” Slaoui said.
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