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Operation Warp Speed is one of the most successful government programs in modern history, likely saving hundreds of thousands (and possibly millions) of lives. And it’s basically a political orphan. Dems don’t really talk about it and the GOP actively disparages its product.

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Jonathan Swan

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Feb 1

In a sign of how toxic the conversation about the coronavirus vaccines has become within the GOP, Mr. Trump’s allies are building a file of “opposition research” on Mr. DeSantis that consists of videos of him praising the vaccine in its early days. nytimes.com/2023/01/31/us/

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Not really. If the vaccine had ended the pandemic, then yes. But it didn't. It's highly debatable whether it saved lives, or just delayed the inevitable.

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Oh come on - on a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone is zero - so everything is delaying the inevitable. But MRNA was trash - y’all needed the AZ.

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the first tangible success of the new era of industrial policy

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It was by far Trump's greatest success, actually. And he is so afraid of RDS and others he is going to throw it away.

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all I’d add is that while the GOP actively vilifies it, I think Dems largely avoid it because “the punditry” gives them a hard time anytime they talk about covid these days and says Dems are out of touch because people have moved on

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Fast is not equal to successful

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To be fair, McConnel and Trump don’t actively disparage it. GOP and conservative media somewhat split on it

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Endlessly frustrating we're not doing OWS 2 for next gen vaccines. And honestly, if the government is consigning us to mass infection, we should really be doing human challenge trials to expedite the research.

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The vaccine was a bust. Give it up.