martes, 8 de septiembre de 2020

Operation Warp Speed pledged to do the impossible. How far has it come?

Operation Warp Speed pledged to do the impossible. How far has it come?

The Readout

Damian Garde & Meghana Keshavan

An assessment of Operation Warp Speed

Operation Warp Speed — the mad rush to procure  safe and effective means to curb Covid-19 — is inarguably one of the most ambitious scientific endeavors in U.S. history. But is it working? This morning STAT takes a deep dive into the U.S. government’s effort, assessing whether the billions of federal dollars committed to it are bearing fruit.  
One lesson: The focus of OWS, as it’s called, has almost exclusively been on vaccine work, while  therapeutics and diagnostics alike have taken more of a backseat. The initiative has also placed some gambles on manufacturers of the supplies necessary to distribute approved vaccines throughout the U.S., and across the world. 
Another lesson: Transparency has been lacking, with basic questions remaining about why certain vaccine programs received major funding and about clinical trial protocols. 

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