00:00When we launched Operation Warp Speed in May, skeptics questioned the viability of our undertaking.
00:06The goals we set were optimistic and they were unprecedented.
00:10They were stretch goals.
00:12But every single day I grow more confident that we will achieve the most important goal of Operation Warp Speed,
00:19delivering substantial quantities of a safe and effective vaccine by the end of this year.
00:24The race to develop vaccines and therapeutics had begun just days after we became aware of the novel coronavirus in
00:30China.
00:31Even before the viral sequence had been shared by researchers, NIH had reached out to Moderna to begin designing a
00:39vaccine.
00:40On January 11, the morning after the sequence was shared, NIH researchers began work.
00:47Pending FDA authorizations, we believe we may have up to 100 million doses by the end of the year.
00:54Enough to cover especially vulnerable populations.
00:57And we project having enough for every American who wants a vaccine by March to April 2021.
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