Operation Warp Speed Logistics
In may he was appointed to co lead the project along with the initiatives chief science adviser moncef slaoui.
Operation warp speed logistics. Gus perna is the four star general overseeing the logistics of getting a vaccine from manufacturers into peoples arms. This is intentionally done due to the companys internal. Perna is chief operating officer for operation warp speed the governments initiative to fast track the development manufacture and distribution of covid 19 drugs and treatments. Nov 09 2020 at 432 pm npr.
Gustave perna about overseeing the logistics of a coronavirus vaccine for the trump administrations operation warp speed program. The operation warp speed distribution strategy uses a centralized distributor mckesson for all vaccine candidates except pfizer. Army general who is co leading the federal covid 19 vaccine initiative. And when he came to the phone earlier today i started by asking his reaction to todays news about the pfizer vaccine.
Operation warp speeds logistics chief weighs in on vaccine progress. Nprs mary louise kelly talks with gen. As a result of operation warp speed pfizer announced on monday that its china virus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective. His official title is chief operating officer of the trump administrations operation warp speed.