"No doubt, Operation Warp Speed is a huge success," said Tinglong Dai, associate professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. The experts agree that Operation Warp Speed played a significant role in Moderna's development of a potential vaccine. Also, Operation Warp Speed created the clinical trial network that helped get the Moderna trials completed, Goodman said. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)As for the role Operation Warp Speed played in the development of Pfizer's vaccine, that's a bit more fuzzy. "I can't see this large an effort by this many companies going forward in this fashion without substantial support that has come [through] Operation Warp Speed."

Source: CBC News November 19, 2020 09:00 UTC